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04-15-2018, 05:06 PM | #1 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Went to the Charlotte Auto Fair last weekend and my brother brought down his Harbor Freight tire changer. We busted off the old tires and mounted the new ones while we were there. I gave them a little rattle can love yesterday, finished airing them up and tossed them on the truck.
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04-15-2018, 05:31 PM | #2 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Lookin good!
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04-15-2018, 06:56 PM | #3 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
It's coming along nicely! Love the tall tires. They just look right on the truck.
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04-16-2018, 07:39 AM | #4 | |
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04-16-2018, 07:44 AM | #5 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Very Nice!
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04-17-2018, 06:55 PM | #6 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
I’m digging it. I wished I’d remembered about the Spring Auto Fair. Looking good.
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04-17-2018, 10:45 PM | #7 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Thanks Palf!
Thanks rusty! Thursday and Friday were perfect weather. Saturday was raining and a ton of folks had left by then, but we rode it out and had a great time. |
04-18-2018, 12:44 AM | #8 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Looks nice!
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04-19-2018, 10:17 AM | #9 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Thanks TJ!
I'll be happy when I get this thing mobile. I rolled it out of the garage the other day so I could clean up the mess underneath and straighten up a few things. It was quite a workout to get the truck moving, its a heavy beast! |
04-30-2018, 11:43 AM | #10 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Ordered a Welder Series step notch yesterday. The utility bed is welded to the frame so I'm thinking I can cut out just a center section of the bed floor to give me enough access to install it. Hopefully my math is right and this should get the back bumper about an inch off the ground when it's aired out.
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05-17-2018, 11:11 AM | #11 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
I just found y’all and I’m subbed! I have a 64 292 that was a farm truck on the last farm here in Orange County around where I live in CA. They tear them down for houses faster than you can say stovebolt!! I’ll post some pics and hopefully we can keep each other motivated to get them back on the road. I had the CHP come by to inspect mine, was so old and not registered it was out of the system. Unfortunately out here in loopy land there is a special tax for commercial vehicles, which these pickups are classified. So a $50 registration is $300 so they can build some high speed train from LA to SF..... never gonna happen.
Keep up the progress and I’ll some pics of my 64 soon. I can’t wait to get mine wizzing past those little v8 things! |
05-17-2018, 12:46 PM | #12 | |
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Registering in SC isn't too bad thank goodness, and no car inspections either. Sorry they stick it to you in Cali. |
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06-04-2018, 02:31 PM | #13 |
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Welded in the notches this weekend and cut the frame. Still have to cap the notches and do some final welding on them. Need to cut out inside the boxes so my tires can fully tuck.
Also need to come up with a track bar that will work. The stock one hits the axle when the truck is lowered. |
06-06-2018, 06:32 AM | #14 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
So cool to see this thing getting done.
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06-06-2018, 07:22 AM | #15 |
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Thanks rusty....I'm ready to drive it!
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06-06-2018, 08:15 AM | #16 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
Nice progress! You know that service bed is calling for a wood floor...
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06-06-2018, 10:49 AM | #17 |
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Funny you should say that...my dad was saying the same thing to me. I've never seen a service bed with a wood floor, but I like the sound of it. It would be nice to hide the notches under the bed floor anyway. My brother's got a couple of old rickety barns with a lot of good oak boards....
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06-06-2018, 11:03 AM | #18 | |
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It would look pretty cool in the back of the Mule with strips of galvanized/patina'd strips between.
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06-06-2018, 12:18 PM | #19 |
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Re: The Government Mule - 62 c20 with service bed
I like the way this one it coming along. Where did you get those notches from?
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Would definitely do business with them again. You can weld them yourself or they will weld them for $25-30 more depending on which width you get. Last edited by jcramsey; 06-06-2018 at 03:52 PM. |
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06-18-2018, 07:55 AM | #21 |
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Trimmed the inner fenders to help clear these tall tires....
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06-18-2018, 06:58 PM | #22 |
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This thing is going to be a monster. I’m ready to see you cruising.
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06-18-2018, 08:36 PM | #23 |
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Thanks rusty! That makes two of us ready to see this thing on the road!
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07-26-2018, 02:39 PM | #24 |
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These showed up yesterday. Going to see how the rears do in the stock location first since that should be the easiest place to mount. Working on some lowering blocks to offset the bag thickness. Hopefully it will be low enough for me. Still have to get some plates To mount the fronts.
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07-26-2018, 06:11 PM | #25 |
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Nice
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