Funny thing is that sorty sounds and awful lot like the story of how the truck pictured below came together by by great uncle, except rust got it's back half, and it converted to a shop truckin the early 60's for my uncles speed shop in Smith Falls and for years never had a roof, until they hacked one off a wrecked '72 IH Scout Half cab, long story short, it now has been sold to a young man in Windsor who plans to get a proper '30 Ford Truck cab and restore it as a '29 Ford Model A pickup.
Maybe these pics will give you idea's, maybe not.
Nick
Sorry for butting in, thought this might help.