At Mike Faris' Used Car Lot

Mike Faris' Used Car Lot sign, 6714 4th St NW # A, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107.

Possibly the most enjoyable time of this trip was spending time at, and talking with, Mike Faris. It was the first time I ever met him. Mike Faris is a distant cousin of mine - by marriage (he's related to cousin Cynthia's mother Arlene's side of the family). He descends from several of the great Syrian and Lebanese merchants who settled near Santo Domingo Pueblo and Bernalillo in the late 19th Century (among Old West merchants represented indirectly by Rodger's & Hammerstein's character of 'Ali Hakim' in their musical 'Oklahoma!')

His and her caps at Mike Faris' Used Car Lot. Mike Faris provides cars for the TV series "Breaking Bad".

Beauty salon pictures used as set dressing for "Breaking Bad" at Mike Faris' Used Car Lot.

Jesse's car, for sale at Mike Faris' Used Car Lot, 6714 4th St NW # A, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107 (photos taken on March 12, 2013). "Make an offer"!

Typically, two identical cars are provided by Mike Faris to the Breaking Bad cast and crew.

Jesse's car, for sale at Mike Faris' Used Car Lot.

Fat Max's place, behind Mike Faris' Used Car Lot. Cars are stored and worked at there.

Max's Plymouth.  I wasn't sure who Max is.  My cousin, or someone else?

Second cousin Jose's Plymouth.  Starting on a big restoration project!

[UPDATE] Holy s***! First time ever that information that I placed on the Web was considered important enough to carry on TMZ!

The photos on TMZ aren't mine (I posted my photos in this post). The information got picked up by a Toyota Tercel specialty Web Site on Saturday, then somehow got over to TMZ on Sunday. Now, the UK's Daily Mail has it! Hot information can sure travel fast on the Web!

Mike Faris also showed me another famous Breaking Bad car that he was keeping for resale later this summer. He swore me to secrecy regarding the exact identity of this car. Nevertheless, Mike Faris decided to release that information on Sunday to TMZ. Why did he do that? Well, because the 800-lb gorilla of Hollywood, TMZ, was calling! I'm sure he wants to make a killing with his two cars, and there is no better way to do that than talking to TMZ!