Nate,
Start networking at local shows and events. I've always said that, Ms Bela would not be done, if not for some great people I met at work, shows and events. Like you I had almost no skills in body work, but the right people came along in Ms Bela's life, at just the right time, to help me get her running and completed. When I started dissassembly and found all the rust, I thought she was a loss. Then along came Ted; he knew what needed to be done and more importantly how to do it. In a couple of weekend of hard work, the rust was GONE and the car looked like it was well on the way to being what she is today.
Don't give up hope... Shoot three hours is nothing, I was stationed in Texas and the car was in Idaho, I just worked on it when I was home !! Well it did take up Mamma's side of the garage for three years !!!!
Bill