Daniel Bratcher doing babbitt work

Timeless Ts is a full service Ford Model T repair business based in San Antonio, Texas.  Timeless Ts performs engine repairs and rebuilds, including babbitting; transmission repairs; adding starter motors;  wheel repairs, including replacing spokes; rewiring; undercarriage repairs, including springs, axles, and drive shafts; steering and brake work; and replacing glass and installing a new roof.

Timeless Ts jobs out certain aspects that require very specialized tools and skill sets, such as magnaflux testing a block for cracks, resurfacing it and boring out cylinders.  Likewise, generators, alternators and starter motors will be sent to electrical component specialists.  Upholstery is another area where a dedicated specialist is required to provide the best result.  Timeless Ts will perform the teardown and reinstallation of all these components, but it’s optimal that specialists handle the actual repair work required for these critical items.

Please note, at this time, due to a busy work schedule, Timeless Ts is not accepting full restorations and/or bodywork and paint.  These services may be offered at a later date.

While most T owners can do a lot of work themselves, and enjoy the help of friends in completing projects, sooner or later, a T owner is going to run into a situation that is more than they can tackle alone.  That’s where Timeless Ts comes in.  Owner Daniel Bratcher has pretty much done everything that needs to be done on a Ford Model T, from changing transmission bands to full ground-up restorations.  He has the experience, time, tools and space to get any Ford Model T back where it belongs, running happily down the road.

While most people will bring their Ford Model T to the Timeless T repair shop on the eastern edge of San Antonio, Daniel is willing to come to your location to help diagnose problems and also perform repair work.  It may be that it is more efficient to move the T to the Timeless Ts shop if the amount of work and specialized tools it needs is high.  If the T owner does not have a trailer or cannot get the Ford Model T onto it easily, Daniel can also help haul it to his shop.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Labor Rate
$100 – at the Timeless Ts shop or other locations

Call Out Fee
$100 (Not charged if 3 hours of work is authorized.)

Mileage rate
$2.00 a mile.  Includes trailering your vehicle to/from Timeless Ts shop

Vehicle appraisals
$100 an hour plus miles

Parts
Customer pays for all parts plus delivery fees.  Timeless Ts can order them or customers may supply their own from their own supply or from parts suppliers.

Vehicle Storage

$30 a week.  Minimum 2 weeks.  (This service is for repaired vehicles only.)

Authority
Timeless Ts will make purchasing decisions for additional parts as needed up to $250 without consulting the customer to expedite the repair work.

Payment
Customers will be expected to pay 50% of the estimated total cost of labor and parts (if ordered by Timeless Ts) up front.  Customer may be asked for a further advance payment if the total cost estimate increases due to unforeseen additional work being required.