Good call Mr. Chuck !Chuck W. wrote: Shutter is missing from the blower cover..
Your mule looks like it has been sitting for a while, be sure to pull the top shroud and check for rat's nest on top of the left cylinder before you run it very much.
These are the pieces the shop vac wouldn't inhale. Good thing I don't plan on driving this thing much before the resto. Musta been a Georgia mouse with the peach pit evidence