That furnace needs to have a full combustion test & draft interference test run on it.

Rust is not a normal thing in any furnace regardless of age, if you have rust you have a venting problem.

Until any combustion readings are taken the determination of that furnace being safe are strictly a guess.

The signs of overheating on the sides of the drafthood would be enough to cause me a good deal of concern.

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