Hey you guys are awesome. I guess I' haven't been clear enough in that... as much of a total newb as I am, most of my reason for paying low $ on such a "project" is because I wanted the project. And, because I don't have $10k. I don't even have $5k. But I can throw $ at it here and there over time. Plus, I've never really been the kind of person that pays more than I should to have someone else do something that (I think) I'm capable of. How do you strand around a car that is rebuilt and say "Um, I don't really know, I didn't do that part". I want to know every detail of this car from the ground up so at some point, some year, when I am driving it - it truly feels like MINE.
Okay sorry to blabber on. So the good news is that I have a friend that welds, owns several, who is willing to help me with floors to get started and "show me the ropes", in exchange for food and beer, and then lend me a "mig" (?) welder for a while. So I am psyched.