Good to see your interest in old stuff.
Also good to see you are playing around offroad as I think that is the best experience i.e. do the dome stuff off road, find out what happens when you spin out etc (in something small, I had a Ford Cortina).
I have every reason to suspect the reason so many accidents on the road occur is they never got the chance to learn what to do in different situations. Every time bad weather is around you see people skidding of the roads.
Defensive driving courses are great but in western countries most people wont do because of cost.
Something else I think is true also is the difference between being young and being old. When young there are no consequences e.g.
18 years old - that wing would look great on the back of my Cortina, lets pop rivet it on
40 years old - bugger the wing, if it falls off and smacks someone in the head I'll be in a world of trouble
So that's where the experiece bit comes in.
Anyway best of luck, set you goals and go with it.