Geez - you guys are picky! That hood is not all that rusty - in fact, from what I can see, it looks like was in decent shape. For the price of those original hoods, I wouldn't think twice about thrying to save that one because of a couple rusty holes. Maybe I'm missing something, but that shouldn;t bee too hard to fix - although I wouldn't have torn the hood apart - i would have just cut out that portion and repaired it.
