Others have given you their advise on operational concerns so I'll address (to me) the real Nightmare, RUST. Upstate New York.... having been born and raised in Upstate N.Y., I say do not run it in the Winter Salt season unless you 'pickle' the underside and all those places where the salt will have a picnic eating it up. I have the utmost respect for many on this forum who have taken a 'rust bucket' and returned it to 'milk pail' condition.
Even living in Cali for many decades, I have 'pickled' inside most everyplace I could on my M-715. Simply because vehicles built in that era did not have corrosion avoidance as part of the design/assembly.