Porteur Bicycles

Anyone have a genius 5 step plan for producing a ghetto front rack built around a wine crate / fruit box?

Street machine isn't going to happen this year by look of it, so instead found a (free) decent quality 90s marin with 700c's on it that'll be the perfect faux porteur bike. However the budget is literally zero. I might spring £8 on a chain and some fresh brake blocks, but thats it, everything else must be made, found or be free!
Front rack because they look cool (almost literally no other reason), and panniers/ rear rack gets in way of my feet, look aweful when wet and nasty as the bike will be living outside etc.

Forks have front rack mounts & mudguard mounts either side of dropout so its at least designed for it.

you might be able to adapt a cheap/found steel rear rack to fit on the front and mount the crate on that.