[DavidG]

With respect, I disagree with the "Only purchase what you need to complete that (one project) task approach" as having been taught otherwise by the experience of numerous restorations spread out over the last fifty plus years.

Instead work on developing as complete a list of what you will need for the entire project as possible so that when opportunity knocks in the form of reasonably-price items in good condition turn up at swap meets and on selling websites (The Swap Meet herein, for example) you can take advantage of it. Original '34 parts vary all over the map in terms of availability and asking price and has been shown with numerous examples, both recent and in the past, good reproduction parts are not available indefinitely. What is available today may well not be available six months hence, let alone several years from now.

One good place to start is to acquire the '34 version of Ford's body and chassis parts catalogs, both of which are available in reprint form. Another valuable source of accurate information is the 1934 version of the Ford hardware catalogue. It was reprinted in the past and while likely out of print at present, copies show up periodically herein, ebay, amazon, and the Early Ford V8 Club website.