I recently became the proud (?!) owner of Goldie that I paid a very very very nominal amount for as they owner needed it to 'go away'. She sat for 10 years with the power sunroof slightly open (it's closed now) and slightly covered with plastic and duct tape and ???. Needless to say, she's got some rust damage I can see, and perhaps some I cannot see. Mostly, the biggest problem is that the trunk wheel wells are rusted through and only held together by the rubber undercoating, and the windshield seals are completely dried and cracked and must be leaking. I will say that I'm impressed the heat/defrost still work and the main crank gasket does not leak, so there isn't oil covering every accessory under the hood like on my daily driver 83 300D!

I'm curious what folks here would add to what I've done already to get her to a decent working condition. This is not going to be a show car. I simply want her to go, shift, and stop when necessary, and have defrost for cold days. I'm a simple guy, what can I say?

So far I have:
1. bled brakes until new fluid came out at each caliper
2. drained coolant and added new coolant (not MB, just whatever 50/50 mix)
3. changed oil/filter
4. added fresh diesel (to whatever garbage was in the tank) and ran it using the makeshift 5 gal plastic tank rather than the stock one
5. changed fuel filter (primary was fine, canister was replaced)
6. purchased B2 piston (trans filter/gasket also) to hopefully remedy tranny issues
7. I plan on doing a valve adjustment, timing chain check, and compression test
8. visually (not with a pic or anything yet) inspected the 'common' rust areas and structurally it seems sound. At least it's 65% better than the car I'm driving now...which says something but not much ;-)

So I'm not a super meticulous guy, but I think I've covered most of my basics for safety related issues. What am I missing? Suggestions?