How did you learn to weld?

OhioMopar said
I am kinda fed up with not being able to find a bodyshop that either won't do what they say they will or charges my first born along with my dominant arm. So it is time to learn to weld, among other things. Any good books or material out there to help with the welding end of things? I want to start on my Dart GTS in the next month and want to do the welding first, then I will worry about dent removal and straighening. Then prep work and paint... Mechanical stuff is simple to me, so that isn't a problem. But body work is like reading Japanese to me.
So thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Night School is a good answer. I went to a local BOCES night school where they have auto body classes etc. They started a new classic auto body restoration class and I jumped right in. I learned to weld a basic stitch, bang dents, plastic fill, paint etc. It helped that I did that work in my driveway for 30 years but now I know the right way and reafirmed some things i already knew.