Once in the mid-90s I talked to Mike in the driving me to Pocatello from Boise. So I could go see a girlfriend..for the record he did urge me to reconsider ..The Cutlass, Warhorse that it was, had a dire time that trip. The Sumner heat and Being as eccentric as its owner, the Car was truly acting weird.

Ill Never forget a perplexed Mike, head under his babys hood, look of "WTF"  upon his Face, Mind you Mike was a good mechanic and the first guy I met who could fix his own car. I also fix cars I'm sure in part due to his influence. In the past few years whenever I needed an extra hand Mike was always the first choice. Nonetheless Mike got me to my ill-fated destination, and Joy and he back home... Later to be discovered an alternator with an attitude was the problem.

I Miss that old Cutlass, I could never tell if Mike did or not, when we reminisced, I do remember him lilspending a lot of time under that previously mentioned Hood....