Is WordPress right for this application?

Hi, I have friend who owns a boat business, and we have discussed taking his spare parts and accessory business on-line. I have decided to take up the challenge and build this site myself, however with very minimal experience.
Always enjoy a challenge and I currently have plenty of time.
The web site might end up something like this: http://mcpartsdepot.com/
Catalogue of parts with images and specs, and filtered searches by model etc. to find the correct part.
So my question is, is WordPress a suitable platform to build this on? and is there likely to be a suitable template/theme as a starting point to use?
Or an I completely out of my depth.
thanks for any assistance.
Howard