First get it stopping well and reliable, and running well.
Then drive it and keep on driving.
Don't put off doing any necessary repairs as you find them.
It doesn't have to be modified, fancy, or restored to be fun and reliable. Just believing that you can get in it and drive wherever you want, and doing it, might be the hardest part for most folks.
I drove my 52 Chevy around every day for a couple years and never left the county... Then one day headed west, several days later we were in California, had no troubles, and within the month back home, some 8,000 miles or so round trip. That trip was one of the best road trips I've ever been on, partly because of the old truck.
Grigg
