Theres my beast. My fiancee has had her first taste of camping and she loves it (thank goodness). I've had this wild idea of making this into a convertible camper type vehicle. My original idea was to get a factory soft top and modify it into an expandable tent of sorts. Due to the tops design this is not really possible. Next, I was thinking of having a marine shop build a soft top to my specs, expansions and all. However, I haven't found a marine shop here in Japan yet...even though I am in a fishing community. Finally, the FRP. I've been dreaming (literally came to me when sleeping) about a pneumatic driven lifter system (have an on board compressor and 2.5L res) that lifts a modified FRP roof. Some other supports would be fashioned and fold down prison style beds would be used. I would also like to make extension rails out the rear and make a fabric enclosure for storage and foot space for the beds.
Any ideas on how to keep mostly stock lines while building some sort of convertible camper?