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Used but just discolored, no dents. $500 plus shipping. Pics to come later, but you know what it looks like. It is spot-welded at a few points around the slip-fit joints so it won't bust the springs and slip apart.
the springs are there for performance reasons. tack welding it together is hurting or could hurt power, but youd probably need some giant cams to experience the benefit of it.