Welcome aboard 66bowtie you have come to the right place for help you will find a lot of great guys and gals all with alot of Knowledge and helpful ideas along with a few opinions (i think thats really a good thing)years ago i did just what your doing now on an old 4x4 man i could have use a site like that then ,but then that was really before internet got big.i stripped the frame sealed all the rust i could find and prined and repainted it drove the thing for 6-7 years on and off road after that and it still looked good when i sold it .cool project you got yourself there ...Later Earl