Excellent choice---should be
Excellent choice---should be a lot of fun. My recommendation is to find an original service manual and back that up with old Haynes and Chilton manuals that include your vehicle. I have found that having multiple manual resources to be very beneficial since all differ some and offer a range of photos and illustrations. Should be able to pick and choose what you can do and what is best left to an experienced mechanic. For example, I learned the hard way that most transmissions are best left to someone with a lot of transmission experience. Good luck with it!