Awesome bike, congrats. I would throw a set of front brakes on (obviously) and ride it for a bit to get a sort of baseline of what you like, don't like, etc. I think you'll quickly sort out in your head what you want to do with it. As Trexx2002 said above, there's so much to geek out about with older MTBs. It was a crazy time when every manufacturer would just try anything.