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Old 10-11-2014, 10:02 PM   #1
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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 it
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:06 PM   #2
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

Rally wheels and 275/60 tires for it
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:07 PM   #3
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Better already
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:09 PM   #4
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

Some power washing and some super clean removed alot of the spray bomb primer
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:11 PM   #5
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Continued scrubbing took more of it off
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:15 PM   #6
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

Finally got it scubbed to this point
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Pretty big change so far
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:19 PM   #8
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

Got the seat stripped out and actually found floor pans!
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:20 PM   #9
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He said he got it hot but I doubt this hot lol
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:22 PM   #10
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

Time to get to the real business and strip it down, this burnt up 305 will go bye bye,
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:26 PM   #11
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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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Old 10-11-2014, 10:29 PM   #12
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

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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Old 10-11-2014, 10:37 PM   #13
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

I swalped the grill out of my daily driver c2500 as it was perfect and didn't want to ruin it with a pheasant
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:41 PM   #14
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

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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Old 10-11-2014, 11:06 PM   #15
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I did pick up a nice grill this weekend
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Old 10-11-2014, 11:25 PM   #16
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Got the seat stripped out and actually found floor pans!
Looks good!!!!
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Looks good!!!!
Just a tad better than my daily driver was lol
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Old 10-12-2014, 02:42 PM   #18
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

I take it you avoided puddles.
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Sweet deal. Lookin good.
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Old 10-13-2014, 12:12 AM   #20
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

I got ahead of myself this picture is after it was cleaned up
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

This is after i satin cleared it with a little brown metallic in it to darken it up
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Old 10-13-2014, 12:17 AM   #23
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

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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Old 10-13-2014, 07:01 PM   #24
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Co.

I'll watch. Hope to see more soon. I'm liking the 472!
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Old 10-15-2014, 03:23 PM   #25
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Re: Mule Lick Repo Company

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