I must be catching up for lost time :).

In 1966, and I apologize if I have mentioned this, there were two Michael Murphys in Big Sur. One at Esalen, one at New Camaldoli, the one at New Camaldoli was the manager. Michael at Esalen was known by old timers as "chocolate Michael" because he was so sweet.

This was probably 1966. Michael was driving around the US drumming up interest in Esalen and meeting people and doing the networking and facilitation that made him who he is. He had a new Chevy Nova, IIRC.

Michael flagged me down one day, and asked me if I could take a look a the car, as it was running poorly. I was surprised, it was less than a year old. I was pleased to help out, and did so. I pulled a spark plug and it was, for lack of a better word, worn out. I took a look at the mileage, and Michael had put 40k miles on the car in less than a year. I mentioned that the car badly needed a tuneup, and he said: "Oh. They need tuneups?"