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Originally Posted by Transamric
From your second picture, I'd call that worse than "light pitting". It's going to require a lot of building primer and sanding to look smoother. I would think in dry Cal. you could find a better example to start with. My advice would be to keep shopping.
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100% agree with Ric. To get that condition of axle housing/housing tubes to a housing with very clean axle tubes, you will be looking at a TON of hours/experienced labor. After the derusting process, an easy 20 hours of work. multiple coats of epoxy primer & high build primer & careful hand sanding . When done, ready for paint, the stamped codes on the tube most likely won't be legible. To solve that, all of the code will have to be over stamped with the correct font stamps (not an easy task to obtain them). Would be better off starting with a proper date window clean '70 F COS coded housing. Many more COS/3.07's out there. Then have the rear built with a high quality ring & pinion set, new Moser axles, & the carrier of your choice.