Budget: £5,000
Purchase Price: £5,000
Final Cost: £5,795
Selling Price: £8,350
Profit/Loss: +£2,555
Work Completed: Replaced fuel gauge, fuel tank and sender, front shocks and springs, and engine rocker cover. Front crossmember repainted. Cylinder head valves updated with hardened units and twin carburettors rebuilt to run on unleaded petrol.
Notes: Mike owned one, and this was the type of car driven by Simon Templar in the 1960s television series The Saint.