At the risk of sounding anal, when I started my 73 Duster project I created a Microsoft Access database to accumulate parts information - individual part, OEM part number, SKU's and pricing for up to 3 different vendors and so on. All this info rolls up into a multitude of reports for me such as shopping lists, budget reports etc etc. At present I have accumulated records for 307 different parts. I have found this to be extremely helpful to me as I am up in Canada and do pretty much all of my shopping online in the US. Why try to remember something when I can look it up with a few mouse clicks. Without this database and FABO of course, my head would have exploded by now.
Anyway, I am getting pretty close to finishing up my car (finished?? really??) and I'm closing in on about $37,000 and that's with the anemic Canadian Dollar but no body work Thank God.
Having said all that, I don't lose any sleep over it. When I'm behind the wheel it's absolutely the last thing on my mind!