Jay Leno's Garage

I love Jay Leno's Garage site.  He really appreciates the mechanics that go into a restoration.  I mean the word mechanics in any sense you might think.

Here is a video where he interviews folks with vintage racers from around WWI.  In particular, note the Model T racers owned by Ed Archer. 

His 1915 Rajo racer was found in a backyard during the 1950's.

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/edwardian-cars/1152111/

Project Goal

My goal is to build a vintage dirt track racer, similar to what is shown below (sadly I have no idea who this is of, or when).
I want to use only parts available to someone building such a racer in 1922.  That means no wire wheels (yes, I know you could get them after market), hopefully enhanced carb, etc - and little of the brass bells and whistles seen on other speedsters.  This also may mean back to using Coils and a Timer.  You can see that the prior owner put in a pretty nice distributor setup.   He also removed the Magneto.

My inspirational starting point is James Zabala's Model T speedster, whom I have never met, but to whom I owe a shout-out.  See the article about his car from the New York Times.

Sales Tax

Wrote the check today for the re-title and sales tax - amount on the check was equal to the new car price in 1922!