Classic/Antique Car Repair: 1992 Chevy Caprice Classic, chevy caprice classic, chevrolet caprice classic

Question
My dad bought a Chevrolet Caprice Classic in 1992, died in 1996.  It has been in my garage since.  I have never been able to part with the car and procrastinated selling it. I just had it towed to the mechanic to have a few things repaired to make it run.  It sat too long.  He said it was  a great car and I should just use it.  I think this is the Houston cop version.  It looks great but has one rust spot (surface)on top of the roof about the size of a Kennedy dollar which is odd because there is no other rust anywhere.  Do I need to worry about that?  It has 101,000 miles on it which my dad put on it and family members drove it when an extra car was needed through the years.  Mostly highway, by older people.  The door locks don't work electrically, only manually, the radio smoked when I turned it on and the windows go down just a little, but not up.  I pulled them up and all is tight. It rained like crazy and there were no problems.  Is it worth it to have these things fixed and can I do this myself?  I am handy but don't know too much about complicated electrical components.  Someone said it would cost a fortune to have this done professionally.  I am already $470.00 into this car and will need new tires soon. I know this is not a classic but it may be worth keeping since it is a good safe car?  I just don't want to put a lot of money into it, then not be able to get anything for it later. Also the bumpers show wear but I was told this was a factory flaw where the paint faded and white spots appeared.  Thank you so much!

Answer
This is one of those impossible to answer questions but I am doing it in open answer form rather than duck the question. Dave Brownell, the former editor of Hemmings Motor News, once told me that the value of an antique or collectable, or just an old car was in the feeling that you got when you passed it in the garage every morning on your way to your every day driver. Yes there are those collectors that buy old cars for their appreciation value and there are more that have an old car because it was grandads, like the one they had in high school, or like the one they courted grandma in. Will the Caprice Classic be worth very much ever? Not likely. Will it give another 100,000 miles of safe motoring without very much cost? Probably. Can you do the repairs yourself? I have no idea of your capabilities. Is the rust spot on the roof worth fixing? I would at least put a little Rust O Lium on it to keep it from spreading. And not with a spray can please with a small brush just covering the rust. A radio can be purchased in a junk yard and installed to make music and keep the dash looking original. The windows sound like the door panels need to be pulled and all the mechanism lubricated. and 101,000 is nothing for this car. So the decision is your based on sentimental value and whatever use you can get out of the car while feeling a connection with the past. Good luck.
Brad
PS. I kept my dads car, a 1979 Pontiac 4 door LeMans.