Nigel,
The windscreen seal is a 1939 Ford screen seal, (available from MacsAutos). The Australian Army kept the 39 screen in the 40 -41 model utes and trucks. That is why you have custom made hinges on the screen.
The seat is particular to this cab and sits on top of the fuel tank. It has plywood sides and a hinged arrangement to allow it to tilt forward to access the storage compartment behind the seat. I spent a lot of time researching the seating arrangement when restoring my Ford/Marmon Herrington gun tractor. It is as accurate as I could determine from the virtually non existent technical detail or literature of these Aussie built roadster cabs. I have the plans and specs and will be building another two seats for other vehicles soon. The seat springs are standard Ford but the metal frames are modified. The hood will fold down behind the seat.
The storage compartment has a timber lining of sorts and a metal lid attached to the rear cab wall. I have all these specs as well. Do you have the lid?
The seal between the roof and top of the windscreen is still a mystery to me. I did however use a modern D shaped hollow section rubber and glued it to the screen frame for a perfect weather seal.
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