The car, and work, is looking good. Build things to the best of your ability now, and go back and upgrade down the road as skills improve.
I've laid over 190 inches of welds on my new project, but still think my welding is embarrassing. It's improved 10-fold from my '69, but doesn't meet the robot-like abilities of some here. Ah well, I figure, there will always be another shell
Keep it up, it will all be worth it when you get to fire it up and take it for a drive.
-Dave