For the past few weeks, I've been piddling with an Italian Scapin road bike, circa 1983. It had been rode hard, put up wet and whatever maintenance they did was wrong. It was a real mess. These are the alu bottom bracket ends, where someone had (my guess) picked up a couple of yards of bailing wire and wound it up around the crank or something, and kept on pedaling. Sheesh. I'm sure it was installed with a pair of Channelocks, or worse yet, a pipe wrench. All that has been polished out now (daring not to burnish deeper), and I have the correct install tool that engages with the notches for the reinstall.
I am moving on to other parts now. The whole thing was stripped down once I got it home, and the only saving grace is the powdercoat finish (which was waaaaaaay too thick). New decals are on their way from Europe. I'm looking forward to riding it, cause its just my size. Columbus tubing!