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Hi and Welcome, Glad to have you around. Being in a remote area has advantages too,less people stomping around looking for old tin. Ebay and mail order puts everything at your doorstep,so go for it. Hank

Got some real nice replies, and thanks much. All encouraging too! To sum it up folks, let me say:
Yeah, not many gear nutz around tellin' me HOW--TO, but----actually got 5 FIVE Grandsons, and try watching them all running around with wrenches (and hammers) in their hands, give ya some exciting moments! hahaaaa. Actually though, two live down in CT so they're not around to help much. The oldest is the only one that is around steady, not that his mind is on the project(s) all the time, he is deep into video games, and when not actively engaged, he slips into self induced 'E' dreams of HALO and other games!
Well, yeah, up here the wildlife do outnumber people by a lot! But population is growing like fleas on a dog, why just my road now there is 9 houses in five miles----------gettin' crowded here now. Still, nobody complains about my yard full of Project Vehicles (Diamonds in the Rough)! But competition for the 'old stuff' is still mighty heavy. I believe all of those 9 houses got 15 guys all looking for old tin, and they must all have EBay! Why--just a short while ago I had to pay $255 dollars for a 'rare' '75 AMC Pacer. Things gettin' bad here! haahaaa. On the serious side, we have a '47 Ford Effie truck that we are (trying) to put on a Chevy S-10 frame with a SBC 350 and 700R4 in it. Stripped the s10 down to bare metal including a hundred or so pounds of rust, then gave it a coat of POR-15 with an overcoat of rattle-can Rust-O-Leum. Ready now to start to re-assemble with new front end parts. Lots of head scratchin' along the way, and YES, plenty of Frustration included. We are both learning a lot and sharing a lot of quality time. We have also gathered up a '52 GMC Cab Over Engine, needs lots of work and $$$$$. And a '28 Essex Coupe with Rumble Seat Hatch. Doesn't look like much sitting here. Several pieces now, but got plenty of dreams of what it'll be. Gathered other jun----ehhhhh, great parts vehicles too, '94 Ford Explorer, '84 Chevy S-10 Blazer, '79 Dodge Cut-Away Van, '88 Ford Ranger pickup which we stripped down to bare frame and running gear, and still have my old work van, '89 Chevy G-20 which gave us the 350 and tranny. Also picked up a Ford Model A frame from one guy, and a Model A front I beam axle with wishbone from another, and got lucky and got an Ebay spring for it. All this shares yard space with a '51 Chevy Styleline 4 door that we drive to local cruise-ins. Trying to sell that now. And a '79 Chrysler LeBaron that one of our Daughters drives daily. Darn, gotta cut some more trees and make room for more! I will post some pics some day, soon as I figure out how. Many thanks for the encouragement folks. Perley