Louisd75
Adventurer
Looks like Snug Top has come out with a new style of shell called the Outdoorsman. It's a fiberglass shell that replaces the tailgate with two doors, ambulance style:
Here's an image that I found on Tacoma World from SEMA:
In one of those small world moments, I found out last night that the above truck is for sale at my local Toyota dealership, just over $35k for everything but the bikes:
http://www.wilsontoyota.com/belling...D_~Model_Tacoma~ModelActual_~ExteriorColor_/4
From the dealership website:
So I managed to drag my butt out of bed at 0900 this morning for a field trip. Here's what I found out about the truck:
List of additions to the truck. They list the shell as an "Outdoorsman" but refer to it on their facebook page as the "Outback"
Looks like it has a built in backup camera:
Stout hinges, no latch on the driver side door. It has to be closed first and is held closed by the passenger door. Gas struts open the doors almost 180° but a limit strap could be made to stop them wherever you want:
It was difficult to capture in the pictures, but there's a cross piece that connects the bottom outboard corners underneath the doors. It keeps the doors from spreading apart and provides a place to mount the lower latch catch and weather stripping.
The shell attaches to the tiedown tracks on the bedside:
It follows the contours of the truck pretty closely. There was a little bit of stickout in the back corners that I wasn't able to capture on camera. It sits a little bit proud of the cab:
The gap between the back of the cab and forward end of the shell isn't even, it increases slightly as you go up:
Looking around Snug Top's website I see nothing about the Outback model. According to their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Snugtop, this is a new model of shell that is currently available for Tacomas with the long bed length (Xtra cabs and DCLB). I'd imagine that they'll be making a version for the DCSB but I do not know and have not seen anything. There is some discussion going on in the Tacoma World forum regarding beefing up the doors enough to mount a spare tire or fuel cans: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/302525-sema-tacaomas-5.html
I'm really liking the look of this shell and think I'd be willing to give up the tailgate, especially if you could modify it to mount fuel or a spare tire.
Here's an image that I found on Tacoma World from SEMA:
In one of those small world moments, I found out last night that the above truck is for sale at my local Toyota dealership, just over $35k for everything but the bikes:
http://www.wilsontoyota.com/belling...D_~Model_Tacoma~ModelActual_~ExteriorColor_/4
From the dealership website:
So I managed to drag my butt out of bed at 0900 this morning for a field trip. Here's what I found out about the truck:
List of additions to the truck. They list the shell as an "Outdoorsman" but refer to it on their facebook page as the "Outback"
Looks like it has a built in backup camera:
Stout hinges, no latch on the driver side door. It has to be closed first and is held closed by the passenger door. Gas struts open the doors almost 180° but a limit strap could be made to stop them wherever you want:
It was difficult to capture in the pictures, but there's a cross piece that connects the bottom outboard corners underneath the doors. It keeps the doors from spreading apart and provides a place to mount the lower latch catch and weather stripping.
The shell attaches to the tiedown tracks on the bedside:
It follows the contours of the truck pretty closely. There was a little bit of stickout in the back corners that I wasn't able to capture on camera. It sits a little bit proud of the cab:
The gap between the back of the cab and forward end of the shell isn't even, it increases slightly as you go up:
Looking around Snug Top's website I see nothing about the Outback model. According to their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Snugtop, this is a new model of shell that is currently available for Tacomas with the long bed length (Xtra cabs and DCLB). I'd imagine that they'll be making a version for the DCSB but I do not know and have not seen anything. There is some discussion going on in the Tacoma World forum regarding beefing up the doors enough to mount a spare tire or fuel cans: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/302525-sema-tacaomas-5.html
I'm really liking the look of this shell and think I'd be willing to give up the tailgate, especially if you could modify it to mount fuel or a spare tire.
