This car wasn't running when I bought it, because the carbs were leaking fuel badly and were removed and partially disassembled (according to PO). While it's taken me longer than expected (work, honey-do's, etc), I've finally gone through the carbs and set the adjustment all the way in and 3ea turns out, can not do synch yet. I'm now ready for an official first start of a car that hasn't been started in about 1.5yrs. I'll be removing the plugs, squirting oil in the cyl, removing the vlv cover, and liberally coating the vlv train in oil. I did the above when I first checked out the eng. to ensure she wasn't siezed, she's not. So, can ya'll suggest any other things to do for a first start?

Sounds like you got it made, but make sure there's no old stale gas sitting in the tank that's over a year old because that can make an engine in itself run pretty bad.

This has been covered before in depth.

http://classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22619