Took the Spitfire in to “Heritage Car Co.” of Norton, North Yorks. on Saturday. He said he’d look it over and give me a call on Tuesday.

Tuesday came and went

Wednesday he phoned, vaguely indicating what work had been done and declaring the exhaust fitting to be looking a lot more complicated than he’d originally esimated.

Uh-oh.

Today I phone him.

“How’s it going?”
“All done! Just waiting for you to collect.”
“Great! What’s the damage?”
“No idea!”
“Well, do you want to work it out then, cos I’m going to have to move some money about…”

oh GOD. Now I REALLY AM scared.