Auto body repair & detailing: Vintage 66 ford mustang resto is just beginning!, mustang resto, inner fenders

Question
I have a vintage 66 convertible mustang I just bought.  I'm confident I can handle the mech work, but the body is straight, but sooo rusty.  I need to put in new floorpans. I heard that the best thing to do is start by stripping everything off, making a jig and then bead blasting the rust off.  If that's the case, where can I learn how to make a jig to get started.  Also, would it make sense to have the body chemical dipped and powder coated?  

Thanks

Answer
Purchase a jig, home made jigs are dangerous, and it's cheaper to buy one. strip the car, catalog and bag every single piece, document things with a high resolution video camera or digital camera set to the highest resolution. Don't have it chemical dipped, everyone I ever talked to said that was a mistake. Powder coating is out, cars don't look good powder coated. it just doesn't have the look of true car paint. Have it media blasted, then coat the car with a zinc rich etching primer like DuPont's Variprime to protect it a bit. It won't offer long term protection, however. If it's going to sit, coat it with a good coat of epoxy primer. Then, proceed with the metal work. start with the inside of the rockers, be sure they are solid, and intact, then build around them from there. Rebuild outward from the inside. If it needs frame rails, you to leave structure intact that they attach to, such as the inner fenders, quarters, wheel house, and tail lamp  panel, and radiator support. Even if these things are to be removed. They give the car strength. Slowly start with major structure like rockers, then move to frame rails, then the e front torque boxes, then the floor pans, then the trunk pans, then the front inner fender structures, then the radiator support and tail lamp panel, and then and only then, tackle the quarters and wheel houses. It's easy to want to do those first, but I promise you, doing the inner structures will support the vehicle. Be sue to keep putting on the doors and trunk lid to be  sure that you have proper alignment, and have not tweaked the body in any way before welding. don't get greedy welding, and only tack weld in old components eventually slated for replacement. Bill