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Subject:Re: van visit
From:Neil N
Date:Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:20:12 -0700

Pics or it didn't happen?  ;)

It's nice to be inspired.

 My "brown" 81 has seen little attention to aesthetic details over the
years.
I'm quite sure your friend would never let my bus anywhere near his for
fear of
rust, dust or general malaise leaching onto his bus from mine.

JK,

Neil.

On Tuesday, August 30, 2016, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:

Vanners,
> A couple of weeks ago I visited Mike Magnani in LA while on a trip to my
> gf's family.
> Mike has a 91 Westy that he says he bought new. Obvious lie. There never
> was a van as clean as his, at least not without supernatural help. I
> suspect a deal with the devil, or more likely, Mr. Clean. The engine
> compartment is cleaner than any part of my van, including me.The rest of
> the van is beyond clean. I swear it couldn't have been as clean as it was
> when I saw it the day it came off the assembly line.
> As a part of his job Mike also takes care of other mechanical things, all
> of which look brand new. Amazing stuff too.
> I know I'll never be motivated, or skilled enough to have anything like
> his stuff but it surely was fun to see it. Nice to find someone that can do
> things at that level.
> Nice guy too.
> Mike
> from Cotati
>

--
Neil n

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