Hi Gretta
Sounds like you are picking up a pretty sweet ride. I'm not sure where you are located, but there is a great Air Cooled club in Colorado Springs called Pikes Peak VW Club :
http://www.ppvwc.net/ , check them out as they will probably have some folks with a bit more knowledge not only on how to, but where to go.
Also, check out
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/ if you haven't already, lots of model specific Air Cooled discussions.
There are a handful of old school VW shops in Colorado that I believe specialize in doing body and restorative work on those classics.
I wish I could be more help, but I have yet to have the honor to work on an old dub like that. I also don't want to turn you away from us, I just want to make sure you can get your questions answered properly.
Good luck and if there is anything else we can try to do to help let us know.