66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?

Yeah, I suppose they sand blast them, throw some zinc coating on it and re-sell if they're not leaking.

I think this will be a very likely leaking spot if I don't even the pits out somehow; grind, paint or filler. It's the mounting hole for the check valve. The inside looks better, though, so it might be ok. I'll fix it nevertheless.
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They didn't even bother to put the zinc coat on the one we got. You could tell it had been sandblasted though. We tried to duplicate the zinc look with translucent paints. It might've worked but we didn't try polishing the metal first.