Rust on cars?

[McTrooper]

Anyone have some experience with car rust?

I've got a lot of surface rust and one bad section of flaky laters that hasn't crumbled yet.

Googling for advice is overwhelming.

I'm trying to fix this cheaply, but hopping it won't be ugly.

Right now my thoughts are . . .

. . . clean with magic erasers and water . . .
. . . then either clear paint it or primer and a coat of color that's sort of close to the original
(green gold) to (some shade of gold)
. . . also thinking of masking off part to give it a stripe that might look intentional.