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T2x 10-03-2012 07:03 AM


Originally Posted by blkmtrfan (Post 3788810)
I believe the "Image Boat Company" made "Shadows",
21' Vs and 30' cats
George Linder and Rich Luhrs (T2x on the boards)


http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...age-boats.html

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...t-history.html

That hull is a Ross Focht boat out of Michigan and has nothing to do with us or the name "Shadow". His boats were called "Active Cats" and used a design by Cougar in England as I recall. The name "Image" even confuses me since it is a complete coincidence that we both used the name (different corporations...different states) quite by accident. There was no relationship between the two companies.

T2x

no limits 10-03-2012 07:53 AM

Talk to Scott Mander in Quincy, FL (Speed and Custom Marine). He used to own Intense Marine in Miami. The boat raced in C-class back in the day. I believe the smallblocks were around 500 hp. I thnik the boat ran around 105 mph. When it raced it was black w/yellow, purple and green stripes. I might have an old pic of it...have to look. It also had a canopy on it too. Cool ride!

GTOKILLER 10-03-2012 07:55 AM

Thanks for the info. that is exactly what I gathered after a couple days of searching all over the inter web & reading pages & pages of your old posts T2x, thanks again!

Ryan Beckley 10-03-2012 08:35 AM

If that was Scott's, black boat, it belonged to Roger Rex and was called Zero Gravity. They used to run it in "C" class on Saturday and "D"class on Sunday, if nothing broke the first day.

GTOKILLER 10-03-2012 09:36 AM


Originally Posted by no limits (Post 3789221)
Talk to Scott Mander in Quincy, FL (Speed and Custom Marine). He used to own Intense Marine in Miami. The boat raced in C-class back in the day. I believe the smallblocks were around 500 hp. I thnik the boat ran around 105 mph. When it raced it was black w/yellow, purple and green stripes. I might have an old pic of it...have to look. It also had a canopy on it too. Cool ride!

Cool! good info thanks!! If you had any old pics I would love to see em. thanks again!!

blkmtrfan 10-03-2012 09:55 AM

Thanks for clearing that up Rich

When I saw this :

Originally Posted by GTOKILLER (Post 3788728)
Its a 1988 Image ( per the title & vin plate ) advertised as a Shadow cat. 31ft long.

It sure sounded like one of your boats

GTOKILLER 10-03-2012 01:57 PM


Originally Posted by Ryan Beckley (Post 3789248)
If that was Scott's, black boat, it belonged to Roger Rex and was called Zero Gravity. They used to run it in "C" class on Saturday and "D"class on Sunday, if nothing broke the first day.



Cool, that helped a lot!! I found a video on youtube with a small clip of it running in 96" looked good black & yellow!!

GTOKILLER 10-03-2012 07:19 PM

thanks for all the help!! I think thats about all there is to know. Found a youtube video with a 15 sec. clip. watch at 2:42 black yellow & green.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXnSX...feature=colike

mrv0071 09-20-2015 11:27 AM

Shadow cat info ... Call mike in no 973-229-1363 I have a ton of background ...
 

Originally Posted by GTOKILLER (Post 3788728)
Newbie here. Although I've had large powerboats for the last 8-9 years this is my first Cat.

After doing a lot of research before buying this boat I found a bit of info. I was hoping someone here could inform me with some more history on this Cat.

What kind is it really?? I have had 10 different answers from ten different people haha

A few of you might have seen it for sale at DFW in TX was also on Ebay for a while.

Its a 1988 Image ( per the title & vin plate ) advertised as a Shadow cat. 31ft long.

Said to belong to a team bandit racing & or Scott Manders *sp*

Seems to have no expenses spared when build back when.

Marine Machine hydraulic steering, k planes, W.P. Engines, Livorsi marine throughout the boat, super nice all aluminum trailer.

Looks like it was once painted yellow with purple accent color.

If you know anything regarding this boat ( good or bad ) please let me know, just curious really any pics, vid's, or just general info would be helpful !! thanks in advance......Mike


http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i..._duke/Cat2.jpg


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http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMAG0135.jpg

Shadow cat info ... Call mike in no 973-229-1363 I have a ton of background ...

BROWNIE 09-27-2015 06:50 AM

You can spot a Shadow a mile away. When they made the tooling for the mold, they went to California with a giant chainsaw, and cut a block of a giant Sequoia 30' long, 8' wide, and 4' high. Using old Indian technology, they lit fires in strategic areas of the log, and voila, the Shadow cat. Had they consulted with me, I would have recommended a fire or two on the outside, but that's just me.


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