Hi Jeff,
That's me, alright. Small world!
As far as the paint job went, it was, shall we say, barley adequate.
Sure, it would have cost 2X as much around the corner (i did get
estimates), but if you want a clean job with no overspray on the tires,
no gubers stuck to the clear coat, grey primer dust all over the arm
rest and a nice gravely overspray on other parts not painted, then Mike
would be the guy. But I think he is in jail or ? Got some problems to
figure out before he earns my respect as a good body guy. Don't get me
wrong, though, I knew most of this before I hired him. Figured that
"Brownie" just need a little sprucing up and was not meant as a show
car. After all, much of our adventures in the past have taken us
through narrow dirt tracks with branches engraving horizontal scratches
on her sides or desert mesquite thrashing her in the wind, so I was not
out for a perfect job. Considered doing it myself, but that would be
worse than what Mike did by far. Besides, he was really trying to get
his life back together again and I hope he does. So, if you want to
contribute to the "help Mike" fund and don't care too much about the
outcome of his handi-work, then go for it. Why does life have to be so
complicated, anyway?
Be seeing you around the Vanagon community...

Keith Ovregaard
84 Westy "Brownie" Solar Charged Camper
90 Westy Syncro (No name yet for the pastel white box)

On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Jeffrey Vickers wrote:

> Hi Keith.
>
> This is Jeff Vickers. I think I met you at WagonWorks about a month
> ago.
>
> You just had your van painted by the guy down the street. Your solar
> setup and marine switch sounded familiar on that last Vanagon list
> posting.
>
> I think I was driving my 911 the day I saw you.
>
> I'm  thinking of getting some body work and paint done soon. Are you
> happy with the work you had done? Fair price?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>