father and son restoring a warlock

i found a set of aluminum steps that im going to buff , the originals but they have rust where the wood spacers are. i also have a set that have the holes for the exhaust stacks from a lil red. dont know if we will run the pipes like the lil red or not, thought about dumping the exhaust in front of the rear wheels, but might be to loud, hard to run the true duals out the back ,tight fit around the gas tank.