Good for you, Robbaker. I am not a big fan of big diassembly & heavy stripping. Though I've done it. My philosphy:
1. fix what is broken
2. preserve what is good
3. protect for future
I believe in fabrication and welding where there is no metal, fiberglass resin where metal is present but pitted and cheesy, routinely use rust reformer and rust encapsulator and POR 15 type products. Use of DA sander before site specific sandbalsting, self etch primers, use "long and strong" ie fiberglass reinforced body filler for intial build, and lite type finish coats, and high build primers, not necesarily catalylzed type but think they are better than spray can type, (I use spray can type).
You go guy!!
Steve