| | £ |
Buy Motoring News to read for sale advertisements | 1.8 |
| The actual purchase of a ton of rust on four wheels | 800 |
| Flowers for wife to break the news | 15 |
| Dinner at restaurant after argument with wife | 40 |
| Restoration costs -engine rebuilding and chassis rebuild | 5000 |
| Parts and endless trips to swap meets | 2000 |
| New lounge suite to balance the ledger and keep wife happy | 1200 |
| Flowers for wife to save buying a new kitchen suite | 15 |
| Dinner at restaurant after argument with wife | 40 |
| Family trip to Euro-Disney to compensate for the 1000 hours spent in the garage | 1000 |
| Restoration costs -panel-beating and spray-painting | 1000 |
| New outfit for wife to save another argument | 150 |
| Dinner at restaurant after argument with wife | 40 |
| Race Series Registration & Membership | 240 |
| Dinner at restaurant to celebrate the finished project | 40 |
| Visit to the hairdresser after wife's first ride in an a race car | 40 |
| Barbecue to invite neighbour's in to see the finished project | 60 |
| Repairs to paint work after neighbour's son drew a crayon picture | 50 |
| Settled out of court for clobbering neighbour's son | 500 |
| New outdoor clothes for wife to go to watch races in | 200 |
| New walking boots to go with the outdoor clothes | 100 |
| New handbag to match ? | 60 |
| Dinner at restaurant with wife after asking her to economize | 40 |
| New clutch after teaching wife to drive car at test day | 60 |
| Dinner at restaurant after shouting at wife to release clutch slowly | 40 |
| Repairs to bumper after wife's second lesson | 20 |
| Dinner at restaurant after shouting at wife to look where she's going | 40 |
| Candlelight dinner at home, can no longer afford restaurant | 14 |
| Advertisement in Motoring News "Race Car For Sale" | 15 |
| TOTAL | 12,820.80 |
| Proceeds from sale of race car, due to downturn in the market | 5,000.00 |
| Balance - outstanding loan added to mortgage repayments | 6,000.00 |