Hi Jan - a big welcome to the forums and of course to the Silver Sisters.....
Oh my please tell me that you bought a little greenn and white one from Califonia - sold by an older gentleman????? I am so so curious - 2 years ago - I came as close as a hair - to buying it. I had some pics and called the gentleman and spoke with him for an hour on the phone. Turned out his son lived right here in Peterborough - what a small world.
My biggest question was - if I flew out - would it be road worthy enough to drive 8000 miles
So don't keep us all in too much of a suspense - post pics real fast....
Number one rule - do not use Caulking - you will regret it two minutes after when it still leaks and you have to spend 10 hours to remove it -

But that is your first priority - get her sealed up and dry - then take care of her mechanically - then move to the interior appliancs and then the cosmetics - IMHO
Have a lot of fun - and by all means fire the questions - no question is a silly question....
I agree with Carol - your descriptive and where you live is but a step out to your backyard....actually I could not help notice that your description was very nice - do you write books???
PS how short is short???
