Modified pickup truck cap and storage system for use with a pickup truck and methods of making and using same

A recreational vehicle, comprising:

• a pickup truck having a truck bed and a plurality of truck bed sidewalls operatively connected to the truck bed;
• a pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly operatively connected to one end of the truck bed and a portion of each of the plurality of truck bed sidewalls;
• a pickup truck cap assembly operatively connected to the plurality of truck bed sidewalls and the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly;
• a pickup truck cap and storage system door assembly operatively connected to the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly and located adjacent to one end of the pickup truck cap assembly, wherein the truck bed, the plurality of truck bed sidewalls, the pickup truck cap assembly, and the pickup truck cap and storage system door assembly, when operatively connected, form an interior space in the pickup truck cap and storage system;
• and
• a pickup truck cap and storage system assembly located within the interior of the pickup truck cap and storage system,
• wherein the pickup truck cap and storage system door assembly further comprises a first door hinge operatively connected to the truck bed and the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly,
• a first door operatively connected to the first door hinge,
• a second door hinge operatively connected to the truck bed,
• a second door operatively connected to the second door hinge, and
• a third door hinge operatively connected to one end of the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly, wherein the first and second doors, when secured together, can be operatively connected to the third door hinge.

A method of modifying a pickup truck with a pickup truck cap and storage system, comprising the steps of:

• providing a pickup truck having a truck bed and a plurality of truck bed sidewalls operatively connected to the truck bed;
• providing a pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly operatively connected to one end of the truck bed and a portion of each of the plurality of truck bed sidewalls;
• providing a pickup truck cap assembly operatively connected to the plurality of truck bed sidewalls and the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly;
• providing a pickup truck cap and storage system door assembly operatively connected to the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly and located adjacent to one end of the pickup truck cap assembly, wherein the truck bed, the plurality of truck bed sidewalls, the pickup truck cap assembly, and the pickup truck cap and storage system door assembly, when operatively connected, form an interior space in the pickup truck cap and storage system,
• wherein the step of providing a pickup truck cap and storage system door assembly is further comprised of the steps of;
• providing a first door hinge operatively connected to the truck bed and the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly,
• providing a first door operatively connected to the first door hinge,
• providing a second door hinge operatively connected to the truck bed,
• providing a second door operatively connected to the second door hinge, and
• providing a third door hinge operatively connected to one end of the pickup truck cap and storage system frame assembly, wherein the first and second doors, when secured together, can be operatively connected to the third door hinge;
• and
• providing a pickup truck cap and storage system assembly located within the interior of the pickup truck cap and storage system.