Welcome aboard!
I'd say you are at a pretty good place. Don't start "doing" before you have a clear idea of what you want the car to be/do. I can speak to that with experience.
Do you want;daily driver, hot street rod, autocross sporty handling, high performance road racer/track car, drag car, or show custom?
Regardless of which path, you'll find someone here who has been there done that.
Cheers - Jim