The Mule / 73’ with a past?

[Blastservices]

Tailgate fun and other smalls since I’m headed to plating anyways…distributor cap parts, hood lock plate, clutch return spring etc

 

[Blastservices]

Back same day…3D printed gear from Evan!

 

[Blastservices]

Adding a personal touch

 

[Blastservices]

Tightening up engine details, wiring, powder coating a few items plus all the basic new to me stuff you should do…fluids, belt, tuneup etc.

 

[Blastservices]

I learned a 1F radiator is 3 row and 2F is 4 row. The 2F won’t mount with out spacers on the core support but I’m not in possession of the radiator I own. It’s getting a new core.
The second pic shows the strap on the tank favoring the grill side. Well the top bar that is removable is slightly thinner in the middle and the lower part of the core support I suspect is as well on a 2F truck.

 

[ConspicuousPig]

Thank you! It took a bit to grow on me since the mind visualizes these in two colors almost always.

I like it!

 

[RUSH55]

Wow! That is some great looking hardware! Do you do the zinc plating? How much do you charge?

 

[Blastservices]

Wow! That is some great looking hardware! Do you do the zinc plating? How much do you charge?

No I’m strictly a blast / surface prep company. The plating was done by a vendor of mine that I have to do all the prep work and I just hand it to him ready to wire and plate.

 

[bobm]

Zinc with clear Chem . Your vendor do Chrome???

 

[Blastservices]

No

 

[J Mack]

Adding a personal touch

You and @scrapdaddy are going to be besties.

 

[Blastservices]

You and @scrapdaddy are going to be besties.

It’s literally marathon beer or as I call them yard sodas. I know people are into IPA’s and different type beer, I prefer the water because I’m a thirsty fella.

 

[scrapdaddy]

That ain't right J Mack!

 

[riderjgs]

A picture's worth how many words?

 

[Blastservices]

I’m thirsty…

 

[scrapdaddy]

A picture's worth how many words?

Too many.

 

[Megadoomer]

I thought of Ron right away when I saw the Coors sticker.
Coors Light is a good softball beer, or lake beer. It is my favorite of the domestics. Otherwise, I am drinking a craft beer. Mostly stouts and porters.

Back when I was in the field. My chainman and I had a tradition when we worked southeast of the office. There is a powerline corridor that cuts through some open space. You need a special key to drive the roads and it dropped you out just near our office. Since the powerlines were 138kV lines we code named it Highway 138. Anyway, we would crawl the dirt road slow enough to finish off a tall boy or 2 and it was usually Coors. Sometimes for grins we got some Blue Ribbon.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Sometimes for grins we got some Blue Ribbon.

Pabst isn't a bad beer at all, but that Coors Light.....

 

[RUSH55]

Half of Cottonwood is addicted to Coors Light. Only the most hardcore people opt for that robust original.

 

[PabloCruise]

The gas tank comes out and I realize it isn’t savable. Or so I think. Apparently parr’s for these trucks aren’t as easy as I assumed they would be to find and procure.

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What is the deal with that tank???