Or just rebuild it from the ground up lol

Don't tempt me, that's my personal preference as you've prob guessed!! I had the fiesta stripped back to the chassis at one point to lay my loom! Id rather get covered in all sorts of crap rebuilding a car from scratch

I suppose if the body work is fine, the rest is all do'able. I'd rate good bodywork/interior as one of the most important features when looking for a car
I hate bad bodywork, because i have no idea, rather, none of the tools/skills to fix it! Give me a smoky engine any day!!
(Stupid fiesta rust... *grumble, grumble*)