Round 2: Deloreans and Flux Capacitors.

I am building a time machine. There I said it. While I plan to go way faster than 88 miles an hour and have no use for a flux capacitor or Doc Brown. This is still a time machine in essence. What I want is for this car to be an experience to drive. I want everything about it to be mechanical, Yet have a nice aesthetic marrying of form and function. There will be nothing that is not needed. Pure functionality. Yet it's function will be beautiful in action and execution.

Except for a few minor modern upgrades this car will be built from all vintage parts. Scrounged by me throughout the country. I am going to keep all parts of this car to a manufacturing range of around 1925 to 1950, though it could end up being "dated" a few years earlier. Here are some of the parts I have managed to acquire over the last couple weeks.

First I got this frame. It is a 1931 Model A Ford frame. It is a very nice original piece. You can still read the original VIN stamped on the frame. I got it from a really cool guy named Bob. He lives a ways south from me in Littlerock, Washington. Bob is restoring a Model A roadster. I will have to modify this at a later date with a x-crossmember from a 1942-1947 ford F-100 pickup. This is to help with stiffening the frame. Here is the frame.




One of the other things I have been on the look out for is a set of wheel. I really wanted a set of 16inch wires, But would have settled for a set of steel solids. Unfortunately these wheels are really sought after and getting pretty rare and expensive. I lucked out and found a set of 5 rims with junk tires. They were located out on the Olympic peninsula in a nice little town called Port Orchard. I got these from a really cool older fellow name Roger. He has been into Model A's for 30 years. He has a really nice roadster and a Model A pickup. We chatted for about an hour, before Him and I removed the wheels from a car he was parting. It was great meeting him, he was a wealth of knowledge and he gave me a really great price on the wheels. I will be going back to see him, I'll try and grab picture of his collection.




Another thing that I grabbed the other day was a set of headlights. I'm not sure what they are from. They are coming from Minnesota. They should be here in a few days. I got them online. I'll get some more pictures when they get here.



so the treasure hunt continues for more parts to finish this thing. I'll keep y'all updated.