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Originally Posted by COLB
If it were mine, I would strip it down, deal with ALL the rust, repaint it ivory, and reassemble.
Don't do a concours restoration.
If it was an original paint car, I would be more sympathetic to the "as is" option. But the rust is encroaching -- and if not dealt with, I think you will see the deterioration accelerate over the next few year.
If you don't want to deal with the cost and headache of dealing with the rust, your wife may have the right of it. The "drive the hell out it" crowd doesn't have to deal with the aftermath of the chassis/suspension coming apart at speed.
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I am not in the drive the hell out of it crowd. One of the first things I said was to get it up, poke around with an ice pick, see what's up underneath, do some blasting, some small cut-out and patch. First thing I do on a car is deal with the rust ASAP.
I think putting it back to original color would be OK if you weren't nuts about a concours job. Who knows what's under that paint? You would want to get all this done in a few months which I think is possible if you got focused, had an extra $10K around, etc.