Time is money, no matter what. Learning is not free. thats why viable knowledge and expertise are so valuable.
I have two hoods here for my old Galaxie with similar front edge rust issues that are otherwise solid. I also have a spare rust free hood that I got trading years ago. I need practice, so will likely try to fix the best rusty one simply to learn whether I use it or not. I need the experience before tackling other more complicated repairs on the same car. The cost analysis here relates more to the lessons learned for me, not the resale.
Lots of the experts on here don't have the option of just having a cheap spare, no matter how mundane or invisible the part is. so they have to make it. If I want to be good like them, I'll have to be able to do what they do.... jmho.
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