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I have seen brass makers plates (not really data plates) for shop vans. A lot of canons/artillery also have cast brass plates. They would be more for the shop van, not the chassis which would still be Yellow Coach and Cab, or later General Motors. I bet yours looks like...

If you could post pics of the data plate that would be cool. Brass data plates were also not officially used on production trucks (tin and zinc are all that's documented). In 1942 closed cabs would still be in production and readily available. Its entirely possible that its they did cobble...

From the picture of the fuel tank (the only real tell) it does not appear to be a shop truck tank. Shop trucks had the fuel filler sticking out from the front of the tank, it was almost between the rear of the cab and the front of the bed...

I could find no modification or mention of any hard top for the open cab 353 as a production (42-45) option. Post war, don't know. Do you have pics or any documentation to support your statements that it is an 'original production' option? Very interested if you do.