Mule Lick Repo Co.
 

Hello everyone, I am building a 1986 Chevy C10.
I am from Iowa and all we see are rusty trucks or repaired trucks, but I got a rust free Nevada truck dropped on my doorstep pretty much :). I live along interstate 80 and the former owner over heated the engine and blew it up and offered it up for $100 and a ride across Illinois to the Indiana border. So now it will have a new life here in the land of rust. So this will be a slow build beginning this winter, and it will be a cheap build but not cheaply built labor wise. It will be built into a driver. The name "Mule Lick Repo Co" came from researching Nevada ghost towns so it will get company signs painted on it eventually. Here it is as I got ithttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...31337376_o.jpg

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Rally wheels and 275/60 tires for ithttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...24408442_o.jpg

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Better alreadyhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...68249938_o.jpg

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Some power washing and some super clean removed alot of the spray bomb primerhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...82194824_o.jpg

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Continued scrubbing took more of it offhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...84419656_o.jpg

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Finally got it scubbed to this pointhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...3641_o%201.jpg

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Pretty big change so farhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...58861933_n.jpg

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Got the seat stripped out and actually found floor pans!http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...98607867_o.jpg

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He said he got it hot but I doubt this hot lolhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...18729624_o.jpg

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Time to get to the real business and strip it down, this burnt up 305 will go bye bye,http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...22600117_o.jpg

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This build will be quite different, so you chevy only guys might cringe at times as I will steer off course abit at times, but I think it will be loved in the end ;) thats all for now so follow me on this journey

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Damn, you scrubbed so hard the bowtie fell off and letters took its place. So what do you plan for the drivetrain? A rebuild or a swap?

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I swalped the grill out of my daily driver c2500 as it was perfect and didn't want to ruin it with a pheasanthttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...9002_o%201.jpg

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My engine I am hoping to use is a mercedes OM617 5cyl turbo diesel I have access to but that might change yet. Second choice is a 1970 Caddy 472 375 hp 525 lbs torque......... like I said this build will take some different twists

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I did pick up a nice grill this weekendhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...3430_o%201.jpg

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Looks good!!!! :eek:

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Just a tad better than my daily driver was lolhttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...18417804_n.jpg

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I take it you avoided puddles.

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Sweet deal. Lookin good.:metal:

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I got ahead of myself this picture is after it was cleaned uphttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...88300784_o.jpg

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This is after i satin cleared it with a little brown metallic in it to darken it uphttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...3641_o%201.jpg

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Another
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Hopefully this week i will get the bed and the nose off of it, then remove the engine and trans to clean up the frame, this winter it will get a crown vic frontend and a 4 link rear,

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I'll watch. Hope to see more soon. I'm liking the 472!

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every repo truck needs some bumper guards in case you have to push the repo away
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