Mike the Mechanic

I love this guy. My wife says he is like one of those crazy guys from a 1950s American film who is nuts about cars. And he is. But not just any car my friends.
Mike has a reasonably good and decent business repairing and servicing cars in the Woodstock area. He does great work, he is reasonably priced and a lovely guy. But that’s not the best thing.
The best thing about Mike is that he is the go to guy for Citroens in the entire South Eastern United States of America. He has about 10 of them out in his back yard in various states of disrepair. He has known and loved them all his life. I think he has even bought the distribution rights to Citroen in the South East should they ever come back into the North American market.
He did everything to my 71 DS 21 and he did it magnificently:
— repaired all the spheres
— put on the European headlights
— fixed the brakes
— overhauled the entire hyraulic /​pneumatic system
Best of all — but also worst of all — when some joker took a left turn right into my path and made me T-​bone him and ruined my beautiful gorgeous baby he totally rebuilt the car — new wings, lights, hood, all from parts he had out the back. Repaint job looks magnificent and you only know there was a problem when you open the bonnet and see the sad dilapidated broken horn, a hidden dream of what might have been.
I love this guy and I miss him almost as much as anything else from Atlanta.