Memories Popeye's Sea Stories

[bdpopeye]

Subic and Olongapo were 2 of the many places in my first 6 month deployment "up top" in 1975 as a brash 19 y/o sailor, those times will NEVER been seen again as you say old mate

You got that right my Aussie shipmate! So right indeed!

Olongopo cannot be fully explained. It was unbelievable.You had to be there.

 

[downsizer]

Real wild west huh?

 

[bdpopeye]

Real wild west huh?

It was past that. I know when I first went to the PI in 1973 many men everywhere you went where armed with .45s and .38s. The place was wide open . Almost anything went. Olongopo was a sexual Disneyland. I'll leave it at that. read this;

My Strange Life | Olongapo, port of call during the Vietnam War

Remembering Olongapo located just outside Subic Naval Station in the Phiippines. It was a regular port of call for sailors during the Vietnam War.

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U.S. NAVAL BASE IN PHILIPPINES MEANS SHIPS, SEX

During the weeks when no U.S. ships anchor at Subic Bay Naval Base across the causeway, the people of this honky-tonk town, notorious as the world`s biggest brothel, hock their possessions in the p…

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[bdpopeye]

Car Wizard is one of my favorite car guys on youtube. He brought back some memories for me today!

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When I was stationed in the Philippines in '75 to '77 our shop had two J-20 Jeep pick ups. I think they were 1974 models. The main issues we had with these two pickups was VAPOR LOCK! Those carburetors did not fair well with the daily temp reaching 90+F(32C) everyday! The vapor lock occurred when the trucks set for a long time in that Philippines sun. Funny thing is we had '69 Chevy pick-ups with 250 six bangers and we had very few issues with those Chevy trucks.

 

[morris]

Car Wizard is one of my favorite car guys on youtube. He brought back some memories for me today!

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When I was stationed in the Philippines in '75 to '77 our shop had two J-20 Jeep pick ups. I think they were 1974 models. The main issues we had with these two pickups was VAPOR LOCK! Those carburetors did not fair well with the daily temp reaching 90+F(32C) everyday! The vapor lock occurred when the trucks set for a long time in that Philippines sun. Funny thing is we had '69 Chevy pick-ups with 250 six bangers and we had very few issues with those Chevy trucks.

We had same vapor lock problems with toyota land-cruisers in north western Australia with temperature over 45+c, solved by feeding petrol directly to carburetor, were lucky not to blow things up. Eventually changed to diesel vehicles. Old volvo were even worse.