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Old 08-17-2020, 01:27 PM   #229 (permalink)
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junk pile re-use

15 years ago I bought my first Metro/Firefly, which came with a bad front exhaust pipe.



('98 Firefly that had 145k kms on it)

I replaced the pipe, but for some reason kept the old part and threw it in my junk pile of exhaust bits & pieces.

This weekend, I used it!



I hacked apart and tacked together bits from 2 rusty pipes to create a sort-of passable placeholder, which went on my black Firefly.




15 years to re-use some saved junk has to be some kind of record for me.


I can no longer get this front pipe in Canada from the usual parts stores.
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