Michael Shrope had a unique piece of wall art arrive in the mail earlier this week. No, the Manteca Ford Service Advisor won’t be hanging a Picasso or a Monet or anything else out of the impressionist movement that would fetch enough money at auction for a normal person to retire on. But when Shrope – a 41-year veteran of the car business – does retire, he’ll be able to brag about how the CEO of the Ford Motor Company, Alan Mulally, sent him a personal letter from Dearborn, Michigan thanking him for his dedication to the company and his outstanding performance during the more than four decades that he’s loyally served the company.