Just a few scans of an old brochure, not sure what year this is, but I am sure "someone" may know!
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Just a few scans of an old brochure, not sure what year this is, but I am sure "someone" may know!
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a few more popular ram wing cats....
There is a guy by the name T2X who knows all...and was involved from the beginning and design up,,,,my understanding is the Chris was designed more for I/O power and the Shadow was for the O/B power, but all i know is they were the boat to beat in its day!
Here is our old Shadow cat the Ambusher, that became the first Eastern Express before the 32' Skater .. We sold it to Greg Dunbar out of Grandhaven, he then raced her as CAT NIP.
Couple more of Special Edition/ Cayo Hueso Express
They've come a long way since that hull design, thats for sure. Like looking at a 50's Chevy, by todays standards, lol.
Artie if your working on the Shadow [Cat Nip] don't laugh :rofl: at my glass repair in the starboard front beak. It was around 1990, 40 degrees out here in Michigan & 2 weeks before the Worlds in Key West:willy_nilly:. Not my best work but she made the worlds, and a few more races after that. My back problems have held me back :eek: from doing any work on all my boats , but someday maybe. Other than that it's all good. h2o
Anyone remember "EL BOSS" one of the fastest in its day owner/driver Willy Diaz?
El Boss was an amazing boat, often running as fast as or faster than the Open Class 1 boats. Willie Diaz had no fear in any water.
Cool VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsC2uLoHN9s
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cool vid DD! old school!
Here are are a few pic's of Team Shadow....
What Shadow was "Crimson Tide" that ran in California. Seems like alot had #3s w/ the Saddle type tie bar as seen in "Special Edition" pic.
No i do not own the boat and if fact the old Cat Nip that i will be working on is a customers boat that is in Grand Haven Mich which is an old Eliminator that had a number # 3 speedmaster on it and when the team purchased a #32 skater the name of the boat was called Eastern Express .
i wonder what the top speed of the factory boat was with the factory set -up 200 2.4's
They were'nt 200's they were 225's..... and the factory plug with a wooden deck and a heavy layup (4400 lbs)ran about 72 mph with twins and a medium fuel load with 2 people. The amazing thing about that hull was that no matter how many people we put in it...up to about 10...the speed loss was only about 3-4 mph. Later with a stock customer boat we saw over 75 mph with the same power.
My race hull with a pair of T4's (about 375 hp each) ran 92-95 with cut down 1982 era Mercruiser SSM cleavers in race trim with light fuel.
T2x
Here is the "Special Edition/ Cayo Hueso Express" as she sits today in Big Coppitt, still no cover since 2005. She is tilted back to get the water out. There was no one home, and someone mentioned it and the Scarab Sport(very rough) next to it were for sale.
Oh man Bobcat...that looks rough. I wonder if it would even be worth it to get it back together.
The trailer still looks the same as it did 4 years ago when I worked on the house. I imagine the inside of the boat is soggy.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel this urgency to go out and buy a tarp and offer to cover it up?....and I'm not even joking! It's as if throwing a cover on it now will all of a sudden reverse the effects of the past 10 years of sitting outside (or for however long it has been). Everyone once in a while I drive by an old checkmate that still looks in pretty decent shape here in town. The boat has been sitting for years and has never had a cover on it. I'm sure its in worse then it looks from the road, but I still want to knock on the homeowner's door and ask if I can cover it up!:leaving:
Kind of like seeing an old classic car in someone's yard that they won't sell it because "They are going to restore it themselves" and every year it gets a little bit worse.
I always encouraged T2x to build a larger Shadow cat, so that we could use it for a box to ship Cougars........
-OBI- beauty is in the eye of the beholder!-so maybe you should open both of yours!!--------their records for the day should open both of yours !