Turkish Express on Ebay
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...5088357&rd=1,1

Looks rough, no motors or outdrives.

Definitely a resto project....

Where's Too Old......:rolleyes:

WOW, in all black that thing is slick! :drool:

I remeber the Kaiser Systems boat... That thing was B-A-D!

That´s in a sorry old state. God I wish I was rich!!

Current High Bidder Bi*ches! :evilb:

Sure I didn't make reserve but its still the closest I'll be to buying a Cougar! :D

Nigel how did you saved the pics?!

I tried to save them in their original format only to discover they were the size of a peanut. Then I tried the magic word "zoom" located next to each photo!!

Sometimes(or often)I should switch on my brain before talk.:(
Many thanks Nigel.

It would cost way more to put that back together then it would ever be worth. Sad. They are a great rough water hull

I remember being lapped by this boat at the 1990 OPT New Orleans race at Lake Pontchartrain....we were plugging along in our stock class O/B 25 Warlock....when those two beautiful sounding Lambo's came up from behind and blew past us. The boat was gorgeous then. I spent a couple of years restoring an Active Cat a few years latter....something I said I'd never do again.....but this boat's got the "it" factor for me....wonder how many Loto's I'd have to win to afford a proper resto on this old girl...??????

If anyone is interested, the owner is a close friend of mine.

I take it that it did not sell on Ebay? I wonder what the owner would realistically take for the boat? I have always LOVED the big Cougar Cat's... Thanks, Ben

I talked to the owner yesterday. It takes Very close to $30,000. He has already turned down $25K. He doesn't NEED to sell it. That is what he told me. He also has an old 38 Sutphen Ex-Raceboat that he is working on. Let me know if you want his number.

Big Andy

chairman
 

I remember that boat as Chairman of the Board , owned by Nuri Sabuncu in the late 80S . He was a good guy and open class racer .
It was powered by Lambos and according to the chopper jockeys fastest in class . ( and they know )
I hope he is well .

It was fast - Nuri was always fun to interview too ! Always Mr. Excitement !

Phil

I saw the boat a couple of years ago

It is in seriously rough shape

Would need just about eerything including new canopy glass

I still would love to get my hands on Bobby Kiasers old boat

I have it on my screensaver on my laptop

I talked to Bobby two years ago at a party and he said he thinks that systems boat is in Florida

Charlie any ideas on the location????

Charlie,

Your plaque arived back here yesterday

we will re pack it and send it out to the new address

Marc

the last time i saw it a guy in pompano beach owned it . we did some work on it . that was about 3 years ago . my father might still know how to track it down. but it still leaked badly.

Marc with a [C],, Bob's old 30' cat Adrenaline is on ebay now, you might look good in it ? Back in the day she ran a solid 105 mph. Mark

Loved the Lambo sound ,,but what were they doing, I never saw Bob and Errol do this with their Couger cat ????

I took this shot at Stock Island (in around 95) when the guys were just leaving the marina. I think Nuri (I assume that is him on the right) was probably looking down in the cockpit at something maybe and wasn´t paying attention - next thing you know they run aground on the coral opposite. Doh!!! They are just being dragged off by towrope.

I have some footage somewhere of that boat running at 110 taken from a helicopter for one of the ESPN shows. Are we allowed to post such footage on here?? If so I will try and transfer it in the near future onto a digital format. It sure was a beautiful solid performer once upon a time.

Turkish Express
 

I just happened to be traveling on I-55 north from St louis to Chicago this past week, and saw this boat next to the highway in a small town of Divernon, Ill, just south of Springfield. I'd never heard or seen this boat before so I did a search on here and found this post. I did stop and look, it seems fairly run down. But I bet it screamed in its hey-day. I'd love to see video of that. I've never heard a pair of lambos... would be a sweet resto project.

The owner of the boat is from Rochester NY It sat outside his construction company for a few years with the cover blowing off of it. He owned Nory Construction Co. which was a extremely large company at one time. Now the company is out of business. I heard that the boat at its best was one of the fastest. That boat looked hammered 4 years ago when it was sitting outside all the time.

I know this is a decade old (even more) topic but anyone has a clue as to wherebouts of this beast?

After it sat in Springfield IL, I think I later saw it sitting next a warehouse off an interstate or highway in southern Missouri.

Hwy 67 Farmington, Missouri
outside Slug Hefner’s furniture store

You reckon she is for sale?

It’s been there for a little while
not sure if there’s plans for it
give him a ring
they say everything is for sale

Wish I saw this years ago lol