Well, sumbitch, you bugger! You had me fooled for a minute, until the 'grate' bit, hehehehe... glad you're about to dive into something useful for a change!
We'll give it our best shot re information, sources, tech expertise etc. All you have to do is ask.
May I ask you to start photographing the thing from start to finish? Right off the bat, it would be good to see what you're working with! A detailed appreciation of the veh as it stands would be good, too.
Photos should be no wider than 700 pixels, preferably 600, and saved with medium compression so that they're not any larger than 120kb. Do NOT try to preview them - once you've selected a pic in the attachments box, just go ahead and post - if you preview, it'll strip the attachment.
'Venerable Dame' is known here as 'Vets Dottir 2nd', and is online here every day. She's been out west now for almost two years. Say hello, Frank!