Thanks for all the support.Man ,wasn't expecting all these great ideas,thanks all of you.Yes Ken my origimal thought was to run them boards all the way to the rear bumper with it tapering back,We'll see..Now the hard part...Does anyone have a donor trunk lid from the AMT Merc kit they can part with?It will give me a start on the bed lid or cover.Keep those comments coming.Aaron, thanks for the photo link.