dude f@$k yea!
are you gonna put any fake rust on it? i saw on the great outdoors. they got a pot, brushed it with copper filings and added some sort out oxidizing agent to it and made this pot look rusty in like 5mins!
i was thinking on doing it on the next car :D
fake rust. always better than real rust!
edit - fake rust would look sick on a rat rod with a lighter paint scheme not black lol