About the FP article with the enthusiast hoarder

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 09/18/2017 at 15:12 • Filed to: None

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What the hell is this thing on his property that he wanted “blocked out” on the map? Looks like a radar tower...what the hell?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:15

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all hail the great ball of life!

Mercedes Streeter > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:18

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Looks like some sort of doppler radar...though potentially a former one considering how dirty it is.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:19

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That’s a Doppler radar.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Mercedes Streeter 09/18/2017 at 15:20

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yea...but why? and why the “block it out” requirement? I feel like that thing would be way more of an eyesore too than a bunch of cars

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:23

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He is just worried that North Korea thinks his property is some sort of military installation.

Lots of vehicles? Big radar thing?

Nuke it.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:25

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WAT?

No idea, but it looks COOL.

hedbutter > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:25

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Yeah- i pulled it up on goolge maps via one of the links and thought it was a water tower. You have a much better pic

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:26

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Did you find his address on street maps?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 09/18/2017 at 15:29

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Just went to one of the ads on craigslist and the cross streets were listed...it was easy Googling from there

user314 > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:31

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“You will now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battlestation!”

Mercedes Streeter > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:37

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Maybe one of us should call him and ask. Just be like “Hey so, I’m not interested in those cars, but is that a freaking Doppler Radar on your property?”

Die-Trying > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 15:37

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because it is a landmark that can be easily used to home in on his location. if you live in the general area, you could drive down a bunch of the older more desolate roads until you found the radar.....

or if you already know where the radar is, “hey there is a bunch of old cars there too”......

asenna > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 16:49

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If you have ever seen the movie men in black you would know it’s really an alien spaceship, hence the need to be redacted.

Urambo Tauro > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 17:10

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I dunno, but I’m seriously considering calling the guy up and going over there to browse around. Maybe I can help by finding something to take off his hands.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 09/18/2017 at 18:16

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By sure to report back to Oppo!

shop-teacher > asenna 09/18/2017 at 18:17

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The obvious answer is indeed obvious.

Rock Bottom > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/18/2017 at 18:45

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Been driving past it for years, and it’s always been fugly. It was an old Bendix radar installation that supported the SAGE network starting in the late 50s. Basically, watching the border skies. Hard to tell on Google, but the tower is on a small hill. It’s probably the highest point for a decent distance around.

Here’s a thing: http://www.radomes.org/museum/parsehtml.php?html=EmeryMIFUDSfact.html&type=doc_html

Rock Bottom > Mercedes Streeter 09/18/2017 at 18:50

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When I was a kid, my grandfather told me it was an old Bendix AN/FPS-14. They supported the SAGE computer defense network in the late 50s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendix_AN/FPS-14_Radar

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 09/18/2017 at 19:28

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Absolutely (if it happens)! I’m not really in the market for a new project right now, but if something catches my eye and the price is right, I could make room for it.

Tricky thing is, he’s kind of on the other side of Metro Detroit from me, about an hour away. And if I like something that doesn’t run, I’m gonna have to get my hands on a trailer and make sure that my truck’s up to the task. I’ve got the receiver hitch and 7-pin socket, but I never got around to installing a brake controller. Pretty sure I’ve got one in a box somewhere, though...

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 09/18/2017 at 19:32

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If you rent a trailer from Uhaul, I’m pretty sure those have surge brakes so you won’t need a controller.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Rock Bottom 09/18/2017 at 20:32

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Gotta be ready for when them dang Canadians attack. It at least has a neat history, still ugly though

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 09/18/2017 at 20:33

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Oh! Interesting. I’ve spent so much time around RVs that I forgot about old-school surge brakes haha.

But I found it! Tekonsha Sentinel, should still work. I should just go ahead and install it, just so it’s done and I’ll have it anyway.

Bacon > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 09/18/2017 at 21:42

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If you google the name, you should get an EPA document about removing an above ground (I think) Diesel tank. Doesn’t list his address, but gives a road. Thanks the the radar picture above, coupled with google 3D maps, it was pretty easy to find. I like internet sleuthing... I can do it in my undies! lol

Bacon > Urambo Tauro 09/18/2017 at 21:47

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If all else fails, I can help you out with my truck and trailer on the weekend. This story makes me mad, so anything I can do to help. I’m in Fenton. If you’re interested, reply back, and I can give you an email.

Urambo Tauro > Bacon 09/18/2017 at 23:44

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Hey, that’d be great! I’m gonna see about stopping by there sometime during the week first, just to check things out. I’d hate to lug a trailer there and come back empty-handed.

Isaiah cadreau > Urambo Tauro 09/19/2017 at 00:53

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Any contact info?

Urambo Tauro > Isaiah cadreau 09/19/2017 at 09:17

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I don’t want to post other people’s phone numbers on the internet, but if you visit one of his craigslist ads (two linked in the article are already down, but his ads are easy to find), you can find it there.

functionoverfashion > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/19/2017 at 10:14

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That looks like FAR more of a liability, eyesore, danger to local kids being curious and climbing to to drink beers... than any number of cars in the yard.

Whatever side of the argument you may fall on regarding his cars, the presence of this on his property is NOT unrelated to the town’s legal action here, if you ask me.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > functionoverfashion 09/19/2017 at 10:21

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When I saw that I was kind of wondering why the town was requiring the cars to be removed and not the tower. The tower seems to be much more of an eyesore and the potential to much more dangerous.

functionoverfashion > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/19/2017 at 10:24

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Maybe the cars were an easier legal target, as there’s a statute in place already saying he can’t have all those cars everywhere. I do have to wonder when that statute went into place, as he’s been at it for a lot of years. I do believe better legal help would have put him in a better place.

Chariotoflove > functionoverfashion 09/19/2017 at 11:41

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When I was a teen, the first thing I would have done was bring liquor to the top of that tower in the dead of night. Along with a girl, if possible.

Chariotoflove > Urambo Tauro 09/19/2017 at 11:44

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Do it, even if you don’t get anything. It’s like going to a museum.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Bacon 09/19/2017 at 13:35

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HA HA! Awesome.

Urambo Tauro > Bacon 09/21/2017 at 15:43

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Well, I went and scoped it out, and look what I found!

It started up, but it will still have to be transported via trailer. Are you still game for this weekend?

Bacon > Urambo Tauro 09/21/2017 at 18:02

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Nice!

Sure. I can spare a couple of hours. Let me figure out what time works for me. I’ll give you my email, but in a way that, hopefully, any web crawlers won’t pick up! I use googles email service.

Jr

Senior

Russell

Put those together in reverse order with dots, that’s my email.