Under carriage rust, is the car too far gone?

[mitsuman77]

I recently purchased a 1ga as a weekend/toy car, hoping to build a track car out of it. Since I'm an idiot and made a hasty purchase, I did not look under the car before purchasing.

Well, my car has a bit of rust under it. I guess my main question is if it is unsafe to build a track car with so much rust?
Next, is there a way to stop/slow the spreading of the rust? Would a quick coat of rubber spray stuff help?

Or should I just write it off as a track car and just drive it until it fall apart on me?

Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures. I basically just stuck my phone under the car and snapped some pictures.

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[SasaniFab]

My suggestion is to find a roller in good shape....no worth it in my mind, esp considering how cheap these cars are. Unless you are an expert at auto body repair and plan on cutting out all the rust and repairing it.

 

[chrysler kid]

Find a completely bare roller with no rot to build in your garage. Get your suspension setup, get your electrical wiring how you want it, then last on the build would be to gut your donor car for the drivetrain.

It depends how you want to build it really. Most people just put up with the rust and when it gets really bad or they find a clean roller they swap all of their parts over.

Build for now but plan for later

 

[mitsuman77]

Thanks both for the advice.

 

[Dcmojo817]

My car has a bit of rust. Although not as much as yours. My plan is to repair and clean up the rust. My advice is to get a wire brush and a if possible a grinder and go to town. Once you clean all the rust off of a certain place or thing i hit it with a coat of Black Rust-Oleum.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Grab some pro. 15 and coat it for now had to get rid of my 91 too much rust found another great shape.

 

[EVLGSX]

Hard to tell exactly from the picks, its ugly but it actually doesnt look too crazy. If your not setup and have the equipment to deal with it, might not be worth it.....I guess a simple way to come up with a yes or no is to decide if you can pick it up safely with a 2 post lift. If you grab it at the pinch welds or heavy gauge suspension points and its all crunchy, I would move on.

Por 15 is good stuff if used properly but it takes proper prep work and equipment to really do it right. Do not spray rubber undercoat or any other product over the mess without knowing how it should be prepped and doing it. All that will do is sit on the surface, trap the problem in, and accelerate the moisture retention/rot process.