Thanks David...
I was afraid that was going to be the answer. But, again, your site has provided great restoration information....I bought Flitz metal polish and Whink rust remover. Will take a shot at those two and see how things come out.
Unfortunately, a comment I read the other day on the site (think it was from you), was that hardward is becoming more expensive than the drum itself... true true.
By the way, I noticed an odd use of nuts for the top adjusting piece on the lever side of the clam shell. It doesn't look like a factory thought of it. Anyway, you can tell or show me what it is supposed to look like? They used two nuts of different sizes and a few washers of different sizes. Tried to send picture, but just can't get it down to 97kb.
Thanks very much