Did I mess up buying this rust bucket?

standup303 said

With enough wire wheel/sanding work and rust specific products, do you think it’s worth keeping and building?

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Like others have said, that looks pretty solid. I wire wheeled all of my rusty spots down, painted the rusty spots with Rust Mort, let it dry and then painted over top of it. The rust mort neutralizes any rust and stops it from growing.