This was an impulse buy. I did get her checked at the local AAA before buying it, but the previous owner knew nothing about cars except where to put gas and he had a mechanic that made some repairs [that I learned later, after buying it] that might have caused some problems [ie. drilling holes in the brake shoes to force springs to fit; she has new shoes now, minus any extra holes, / or / by passing the wiring to the fuse box with a series on inline fuses, too small for the loads, also repaired.].
I've done a lot of rewiring and repair of the inner door linkage, locks, and recently the tune up efforts previously discussed.