Old POPEYES photos

[Clustergear]

Heres some old photos of POPEYES Racing. I have have a real nice one of Al and his sons at worlds, not sure what years these photos are from

[Clustergear]

I will post more picture, have to scan them first

[Gladhe8er]

I think that last picture is the Goetz. Sweet boat, but I dont remember it running especially well.

[Steve 1]

I think that last picture is the Goetz. Sweet boat, but I dont remember it running especially well.

It came out a little heavy.

[Rik]

It came out a little heavy.

That and combine their own outdrives made for some less than par performances.

[Clustergear]

Some more pictures

[Clustergear]

Will scan some more

[Bobcat]

2nd pic third guy in looks like kurt russel

[NNRT]

2nd pic third guy in looks like kurt russel

it was too - a nice guy- you could talk to him easily- no pretentions either -

Phil

[old377guy]

thanks for the shots

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

A few from '86

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[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Miami pits

Key West '87

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[Sean H]

more of the Goetz

[PBAM22]

:seeya:

[PBAM22]

:)

[Clustergear]

Well its Christmas morning and I am at work so I'll post some pictures to make the day go by faster.

[Clustergear]

Heres a picture of Al and my back

[lucky strike]

Great shots.... Thanks.

[Steve 1]

A few from '86

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I worked on that with Bill and Anglo when it first hit the shop what a monster!! Kind of cool though when Big Al first saw it he was like a kid with a super cool toy..


Changed my whole opinion on drive line set-ups Now up to this point we always tried to keep near zero drive line angle and Always keeping the faces parallel in that boat ,the front motor the long shaft had about 8 degrees or better of angle to the outboard drive unit as it passed beside the rear engine.

[Davidmnc]

Great pics...........More please!!!

[inbetween]

That era was a great era in offshore. Had a lot of great people racing. I agree with david, we need more pics, those guys had tons of cool stuff.

[Coolerman]

so where did all of these boats end up?

[Gociggie]

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/wompom1/copelandnjohnsoncrop.jpg?t=1231085023

[tango]

Gociggie 2 LEGENDS side by side thanks to all for the pic's, may TOM and AL rest in peace.

[Scarab KV]

2nd pic third guy in looks like kurt russel

That's him. He was out to Mel's once...pretty cool guy. I remember seeing Popeye's in the river in Oshkosh...wish I had a camera.

[Offshore Ginger]

When i worked at Skater we built one of the first #40's for Al has anybody have any pics of that .

[Rik]

Oooooo.. The #1 -3 hulls went to us.

#1 went to Dubai, Al got #2 and we got #3.

Al's had the full Linder windshield which explains why they only use a small portion (like 20% of the entire one made) of the screen today. Those thinks were terrible to see through. They sanded that thing down completely and polished it back up and it still was not clear enough to see through.

[Slandrew]

Some more pictures
Nice pictures was this Bahamas??

[olli]

An Italien Popeye:

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[sal cimino]

great pictures.. please put up more... thanks. RIP "BIG AL"

[johnny g]

2nd pic third guy in looks like kurt russel

My buddys got the coolest story. He met Kurt on Als yacht. He said he was the coolest guy, they ate some popeys chicken together then smoked a fatty. This was in Biloxi back around 99.

[T2x]

My buddys got the coolest story. He met Kurt on Als yacht. He said he was the coolest guy, they ate some popeys chicken together then smoked a fatty. This was in Biloxi back around 99.

I thought the Kurt Russell/Chuck Norris/Don Johnson era ended about 1990......?

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[johnny g]

I thought the Kurt Russell/Chuck Norris/Don Johnson era ended about 1990......?

T2x

Could`nt tell ya. I`ve met Al and Stan before, but never hung around to meet Kurt, Chuck or Don! Although I would love too.