Welcome, congrats and good luck! My best advise right off the batt would be to put a realistic budget together and be sure you will have the resources (funds/cash) to see it through. Nothing I hate more than to see someone buy a project car, start pumping a ton of money into then realize they are in over their heads and end selling to the next person and always losing money along the way.

I am not trying to bring you down right off the batt, just trying to help you as I've see this time and time again. Best of luck and by the way, IMO you will not get any better help anywhere than from this website. The folks here are incredibly helpful and tons of FGF knowledge...