Yes i am willing to spend the time on it and i think i will. i'm just about all the way back to bare metal. (the previous owner had just shoved a little bog here and there to fill an few holes. there was also like a house paint used on it very very thick and i even think there may have been some fiberglass bog used.) im going to try both alternates (melting brass onto the rust holes and also cutting the worst parts out and welding new pieces in and even just welding up the smaller nto as bad holes.) :)