Maybe get a job in a body shop? to help you learn some of the skills for cutting and replacing the rusty area's. Or perhaps Bob knows a thing or 2 about body work.
Bob's not bad at body work. He does decent, considering he's not a auto body dude. The only prob is, Bob has a slew of health issues of recent, and he's not working on cars too much. Most of this project will be on my own, with an occasional hand from a friend. It's just as well - it's the best way to learn, when you can't rely on someone else to just do it for you. I've done a bunch of my own mechanical work in the past, but it's been awhile.
The tarp is a good idea. The wind around where I live gets a wee bit nuts sometimes, and anything holding said tarp down snaps eventually.