[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jacek

I am currently working on the wooden frame for my top so I will take pictures and should be able to post them tomorrow.

- on the front part of the wooden roof frame there are round cutouts , something was there long time ago any idea what?

The roof sheet metal is held to the wood by a series of flat head wood screws about every 4 inches......the first set of screws goes in the smaller holes. Then you have a metal molding that wraps around and over those screws and they have oval holes in the roof sheet metal....so a separate set of screws goes through the molding... through the oval holes into the wood.

I will have exact measurements of the wood and pictures. I plan on using metal strips reinforcement......using David's idea.... to give extra strenght to the corner overlapping joint which is a very weak design

- We managed to separate windshield frame from tube support frame , it was isolated with some kind of sticky bituminous stuff. I never seen something like it, what it is ? Any modern equivalent ?

All that tar gunk was added later in a vain attempt to keep water out. If most of your driving will be for pleasure when the weather is good don't worry about it. In fact, no matter what you do to seal your windshield IT WILL LEAK so accept the 1940 design. That funny angle iron that bolts to the wood can be improved with some modern caulking but go easy on the gunk in case you have to take it apart later.
I have now installed and removed my windshield frame about 5 times trying to align everything.

- what are these things for in seats ?

..... well that was answered.... it holds the seat spring cushion in place..... the metal tabs that goes over the pin are still sold today by people making boat covers.

- is it possible to buy anywhere a locking mechanism for the seat ? Passenger seat in my Cheavy is missing it........

Nope... not off the shelf. You will need to search around for parts from another truck...... temporarily you could use 4x4 in. square wooden spacers held to the floor with lag bolts and the seat pan pipes can be held on the wood with screws...... make sure you have the seat at the right position for your body size.

Hang in there for more info and pictures tomorrow and hand drawn sketches.

Weather is awful here going from snow and high winds to freezing rain during
the night with +4C and rain Sunday back to minus 14C by Monday night. We may have power outages to deal with which may delay my posting.

Cheers