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I did what you are going through a couple of months ago you check out some of what you will be dealing with on my project page and photobucket. I'm not going to probably make you feel any better when I say that it is going to be a semi major project. Having said that, it has been the easiest part of my on going restoration.

First thing first, before undertaking the project you'll have to be commited to a plan since it's almost summer and you'll be tempted to take a few short cuts. Don't make that mistake (short cuts) because it will serve no purpose of having started the job if it's not going to last past this year.

Secondly, My theory is that if it is already broken you'll have to try real hard to make it worse. Fiberglass work is fairly straight forward it can be just very messy, you be amazed how quickly you teach youself little tricks. Follow the mixture of the resin fairly close but its not an exact science. to much harder is better than not enough but don't get carried away or you will have problems with it bonding. Besure that you sand the area clear of gel coat 40 grit worked very well and gives a good surface for the bond. I like the mat style of glass cloth but you also buy it in a woven sheet. all materials needed can be bought at any automotive store. Besure when ready to lay glass to have everything you need and ready because just when get going in a good routine the resin strats to set up and you don't want to be fumbling around.

Thrid and last, get you a piece of glass ( real glass like a window pane) and practice. make a foot by foot square, then after it has fully cured, then practice working on that piece and you get and idea of what to expect. To me working with fiberglass is not that hard just very time consuming. I've never had any formal training just learned as I went along. You'll never learn until you try. but you've got to have patience. So if you still are interest let us know and tell you exactly what I did step for step tools and other little tricks I learned while doing the job.;)