$7000 paint job

plenty of people on here have pointed out the "advantages" of buying a straight, rustfree project, even if ya have to spend $500-1000 to have it trucked to ya.
if ya got to PAY the bodyshop for your work, then YES put the pencil to it!!!!!!!!
if ya do the work yourself, and even if ya got to buy your patch panels, and don't count your labor........ then yes, you can fix some rust, and smooth out some small dings........????