Welcome to the wire!! I would find a shop or someone you know to give a good evaulation of the condition and what may need to be done. Take that info and put it a priotrity type list of things that need to be done and what can be put off for a little while. There are several of us that are not to far from you. There is an amazing amt of info on this board that you can use too. Just using the search function can overwehlm you with stuff on the topic.
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