Yeah it's not 100% free of rust, but it's manageable and for the price it was hard to beat (especially being one of only a dozen demons popping up on craigslist in oregon/washington/idaho for the whole past year). The upgrades on it just sweetened the deal, and made less work for me down the road. Plus I can at least sell the 904 and make back almost half of what I paid for it. The slant however has a unique appeal to it, I may just clean it up and shelf it for a future project.