It's not actually as bad as I thought it was going to be, but still every time
I ring a specialist and ask the price of some parts I cringe as they are
regularly double my estimate!
| Item |
Cost |
Supplier |
| Cost of car |
£550 |
Private Sale |
| Trailer Hire |
£35 |
Congleton Trailer Hire |
| MIG Welder |
£169 |
Welding Warehouse |
| 2m2 1mm mild steel |
£20 |
Tatham Steel, Stockport |
| 3m 4.5mm hydraulic line |
£10 |
Pleaides |
| Valve seal kit |
£10.69 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Heater water pipe gaskets |
£1.46 |
Brodie Engineering |
| water pump gasket + spare |
£4.87 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Spark plug seals |
£10 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Inlet manifold gaskets |
£9 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Rocker cover gasket |
£10.99 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Exhaust manifold gaskets |
£10 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Exhaust downpipe gaskets |
£6.40 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Head bolt to replace sheared |
£2.35 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Rear suspension balljoint boots |
£5 |
Centreville |
| Rear suspension pins |
£5 |
Centreville |
| Right hand floorpan |
£75 |
Centreville |
| Left hand elephants ear |
£20 |
Centreville |
| Chassis black paint |
£46 |
Halfords |
| Seam sealer |
£15 |
Sandbach Motor factors |
| Welding gas |
£158 |
BOC |
| Gas cylinder hire |
£30 |
BOC |
| Welding wire |
£37 |
Halfords |
| Rear light housing |
£5 |
John Howard |
| Front Centre armrest |
£10 |
John Howard |
| Front Valence |
£25 |
John Howard |
| Front bumper rubber |
£5 |
John Howard |
| Pre 1972 Steering wheel |
£30 |
John Howard |
| Front left door |
£40 |
Jon Lord |
| Rear left door |
£20 |
Jon Lord |
| Bootlid |
£60 |
Jon Lord |
| Boot seals |
£8.50 |
Tatton Park Autojumble |
| 3m high pressure fuel hose |
£10 |
Holmes Hose, Sandbach |
| Fuel line clamps x16 |
£4 |
Holmes Hose, Sandbach |
| Water pump housing gasket |
£1.20 |
Centreville |
| Steering rack gaiter |
£19.99 |
Centreville |
| LHM ring seals for rack |
£0.90 |
Centreville |
| Spark Plugs (Beru Ultra Z40) |
£4.29 |
Euro Car Parts |
| Head Gasket (Meillor) |
£15 |
Euro Car Parts |
| HT Leads (Electricfil Bougicord 3102) |
£11.99 |
Euro Car Parts |
| Rubber sheeting for mudflaps |
£7 |
NEC Classic Car Show |
| Exhaust manifold studs replaced and holes tapped |
£10 |
Stockport Engines |
| Starter motor cable and new eyelet |
£5 |
Crewe Auto Electrics |
| Loom wrap tape |
£6 |
Frost |
| 3mm cable for new injection harness |
£4 |
Halfords |
| Spark plug tube 'cigars' |
£2 |
Peter Wells |
| Spare fuel pump |
£5 |
Chris Trow |
| Lucas super coil |
£15 |
Tatton Park Autojumble |
| 2m LHM rubber high volume supply line |
£12 |
Pleaides |
| 1m 6.35 HP line |
£9 |
Pleaides |
| New gearshift rubber |
£8 |
Citrogaz |
| 'Citroen Prefere Total' sticker |
£5 |
Citrogaz |
| 'Total Antigel' sticker |
£1 |
Citrogaz |
| 'Total oil' sticker |
£1 |
Citrogaz |
| 2 metres 4.5mm cupro-nickel hydraulic line |
£6.50 |
eBay Auction |
| Stainless steel indicator trims |
£10 |
Len Drew |
| Spare rear left wing |
£5 |
CCC UK National Rally |
| Leather needles and upholstery thread. |
£8.50 |
Drummond Wools, Edinburgh |
| Replacement Hydraulic Pump |
£50 |
eBay Auction |
| New HT Leads, to replace wrong set ordered earlier. Bougicord 3113 |
£22.33 |
Peter Wells |
| Spare set of keys |
£10 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Replacement front bumper |
£0 |
Tony Jackson |
| Pallas Wheeltrim |
£24 |
eBay Auction |
| Reversing lights |
£0 |
Tony Jackson |
| Right hand side Epaulette panel |
£25 |
Centreville |
| Right hand elephants ear rubber |
£11.50 |
Centreville |
| Ingersoll-Rand Compressor |
£210 |
eBay Auction |
| Relays for EFi system |
£10 |
Motor World, Crewe |
| Replacement Fuel injector (0 280 150 043) |
£50 |
Brodie Engineering |
| Replacement multi-pin plug for the injection harness + spare connectors |
£7.60 |
Vehicle Wiring Products |
| High build Cellulose primer |
£10 |
Various |
| High Gloss Black Cellulose paint |
£20 |
NEC |
| Thinners |
£6 |
Various |
| Wet and Dry paper |
£12 |
Autopaint |
| Italian Market clear front indicators |
£75 |
eBay |
| New wing mirrors |
£13 |
eBay |
| New front bumper brackets |
£10 |
eBay |
| Used front right wing |
£35 |
Citromobile |
| New air intake tube |
£20 |
Chyparse |
| New rocker cover breather joint |
£12 |
Chyparse |
| New points |
£2.50 |
Chyparse |
| New Condensor |
£2.50 |
Chyparse |
| New Rotor Arm |
£2.50 |
Chyparse |
| New Distributor cap |
£12 |
Chyparse |
| New indicator trumpet brackets, in stainless steel |
£15 |
Citromobile |
| Used rear right door |
£75 |
Citromobile |
| Fibreglass front valence |
£30 |
Gerd Schneider |
| New drivebelts |
£30 |
Chyparse |
| New steering rack |
£400 |
Pleiades |
| Various pieces of red carpeting |
£0 |
Parts DS |
| Parking brake pedal rubber, with chrome trim |
£15 |
Citromobile |
| Coolant hose clamps (x6) |
£6 |
Holmes Hose, Sandbach |
| Ducellier Ignition Coil |
£25 |
MyParts.org |
| New thermostat |
£8 |
MyParts.org |
| 6x3 of mild steel |
£10 |
Mellards, Stoke-on-trent |
| New Starter button |
£5 |
NEC Classic Motor Show |
| New Battery Terminals |
£5 |
NEC Classic Motor Show |
| Replacement heater assembly |
£22.95 |
eBay Auction |
| Replacement Rear Lights |
£31.89 |
Adie Pease |
| Spare front Indicators |
£10 |
eBay Auction |
| Rear left door |
£50 |
Citromobile 2004 |
| HP Pump bracket |
£0 |
Citromobile 2004 |
| Turning headlights rod |
£0 |
Citromobile 2004 |
| Radiator pressure cap |
£8 |
Citromobile 2004 |
| Ball bearings for rear suspension pushrods (x2) |
£2.50 |
Chyparse |
| Aluminium boot hinges |
£30 |
Citromobile 2004 |
| Circlip for thermostat |
£0.50 |
Citromobile 2004 |
| 4.5mm Pipe flaring tool |
£50 |
Pleiades |
| Hydraulic pipe, fittings etc. |
£25 |
Pleiades |
| Pallas trim for rear doors |
£5 |
eBay |
| Heater controls fascia |
£3.90 |
eBay |
| Leather Interior |
£50 |
eBay |
| Stainless steel headlight rim |
£9.33 |
ebay |
| Replacement rear bumper |
£22 |
eBay |
| Battery |
£50 |
Halfords |
| Off-white vinyl for door cappings |
£15 |
Leons Fabrics, Chorlton-cum-Hardy |
| Red velour fabric for door cards and armrest |
£12 |
Leons Fabrics, Chorlton-cum-hardy |
| Temporary storage costs (so far! ouch!!) |
£462 |
AutoArchive Ltd |
| Total so far: (Sunday 24 September 2006) | £3768.63 |
