Mine looked worse than yours. I cut out all the rusted sheet metal on the top deck and then removed and cleaned up all the top stiffeners, etc. My neighbor (a welder) welded on a new top skin (12 gauge sheet) and then all the heavier metal stiffeners. It has been working great since and I expect it will last as long as I'm able to use it.......
I bought a 4x8 sheet of 12 gauge. There is a seam where he joined the sheet metal because the mower is about 5x5' but it is under one of the stiffeners that runs front to back so you can't even see it. Sheet cost about $120 and I bought a box of 7018 rods and some angle iron to replace the bent stuff. Took him almost 2 whole days of fitting/welding to get it back together. Would have gone quicker if he'd had a more experienced fitter to help ;)
Here is a picture of how it looked after it was put back together....
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