Originally Posted by
ajamesc
Body shops are not interested in stuff like that they would rather do 10 car park dings badly and charge the insurance company lol. Body work is the hardest thing to have done well. You will have to find a place that restores cars and works on older stuff but it certainly will not be cheap
This is the problem when you have paid less than £500 for a car and to fix the rust properly will be at least the same amount. It really depends if the rest of the car is in excellent condition and you can afford it it could be worth the cost, but if the rust is only one of the problems then probably not. This is why breakers yards have loads of fairly modern cars in them as many have failed MOTs with rust problems and the cost of fixing it is often more than the value of the cars.