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    #16
    Originally posted by Glitchies View Post
    ... first photos of it


    Those are some interesting blueing marks on the exhausts. I wonder if the PO had attemped to de-carbonise the mufflers with the old oxy-acetylene trick - fire the torch in the muffler, get the carbon burning then whack up the oxygen to burn the carbon out. It's an old two-stroke trick that works, but makes the pipes look like that.
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      #17
      So long as the chrome isn't cracked and chipping, that coloring can (usually) be removed using "Blue Magic" polishing cream and a ton of elbow grease.
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