Gene,
I hope that you are able to post some pictures of your progress. Obviously a lot of thought going into your build, as well as in engineering ways to do the "heavy lifting" by yourself.
I work by myself in my one man body shop. I know what a challenge working alone can be, and so I enjoyed reading about your work so far.
I do have some guys that stop in from time to time and they do help me a lot.
Keep up the good work, and post some pics when you can.
Mark