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Originally Posted by masraum
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that house no long in existence was at the end of ten mile road and lake st clair
the only road frontage was a driveway an L shaped lot with another house in front
by the road and a canal with a 40ft boat well/lift/ garage sized for 2 18ft box trucks
during prohibition they [the purple gang Detroit's mob] ran boats from Canada
to that house load one truck while sending an empty truck to see if the cops/feds were out and about or not then send out the load
my dad bought the house FLOODED as it settled a bit and was built too low plus the lake level rose so the high ceilings became a bit lower when dad poured concrete
to raise the floors out of the water in 1950 just before I was born
I do not think the gang cared as the house was just a prop for the booze smuggling
unsure if dad dealt direct with the gang or others but no one live in that house for a long time before we got it the house was split 3 2 down stairs and a 2 1 apt on the 2nd floor with a huge attic with the plaster 1/4 sized models of the 1949 Frazer car the only production car my dad designed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser-Frazer
likely the frazer car design deal paid for that house I have no idea why dad keep the 1/4 scale models but remember playing with them when we junked them when we cleaned out the house for sale in 1958
dad did a f/g pre t-bird called a detroiter on a cut down 54 ford that got some cover shots but no orders for production inspired/stolen from seeing zora's vetts
his gadabout an alloy body MG got lots of press but no production as did the other designs he did for hyd drive and wood bodys
the gang had some one associated living in the front house when we owned it
as dad was very careful not to annoy them but that house was built at a much higher floor level any way it is all gone now both houses torn down the two lots are now one with a big modern house and garage on the site the only old bit is the concrete boat well area is still there but now in the open