Bill, I am extremely grateful my wife is into cars and doesn't mind helping me
I have welded a little but I may leave the front pan and sills to a body shop that has more experience. I prefer to stay on the mechanical side of things for the most part. But I will strip it down and rattle can prime it that way it's less work for the body shop when they have to paint. And yes, the bills...oh the bills... I wish parts for our cars weren't as outrageously priced...