Must admit that I have cheated on some, providing the area where the left handle bolts on is sound and it only has a rust hole in the side I put 3 layers of fiber glass matting over a big area in there and once dried the whole corner gets fish oiled to stop any rust getting in under the glass. Bit of body filler on the outside and you can't see where it was repaired. At least the glass stops the grass from doing any further damage to the base in that problem area
