Frame off or alternative?

Hi friends - I bought a set of extended race ramps and when I got the vette up there and started to really inspect the frame it looks solid but is showing its age rust wise.  I would like to get the rust off and repaint.  Any suggestions how to approach this without doing a frame off?

  the only true way to get at it is to do frame off, i did mine acid dip,powdercoated looks brand new

i can only think of a body off , i dunno how bad the rust is but specially at those spots that are rust sensative you only can reach with a body off.

Can you give me the ball park cost you had to deal with to have this done?

I'm about to "ahem" TRY to get.. an 82 that may or may not need a frame off... I am going to give it one regardless. as a hobby... I'll keep you posted.

You might as well do it the right way. I had a lot of issues when I final;y got around to doing mine. http://hometown.aol.com/bmclau5079/page5.html

[QUOTE=RUCRUZIN]Can you give me the ball park cost you had to deal with to have this done?[/QUOTE]
            
                        i had van steel do it all but they did alot of other work also,but in their case it was essentially a one stop shop for everything i was getting done acid dip,powdercoat,rebuilding trailing arms and installing new suspension (vette brakes) all in total about 8 g's
CFL342006-10-09 16:03:18

Thanks for the advice - I have heard from several people that I can expect it to start at $5000 - I am going to try an alternative first, I got under there with a powerful light  and really all I have is surface rust so I am going to wirebrush it and carefully apply some de-rust chemicals.  Then I'll have a rot rod shop finish the job with primer and paint while replacing the body mounts.