I usually post on the diesel section, but this is not about a diesel or a Benz, so at the risk of my post getting thrown off for a double infraction, I'll make this inquiry here.

My wife's uncle has a '69 Mustang convertible. He has had it in a barn for 4 years. He was asking what I know about the value when I saw him at Christmas time and after some discussion I learned that he wants to sell it. It was purchased new by his brother. He is now 90 and no longer drives.

So I asked him to get it out of the barn and towed on a flatbed up to his garage so I could look at it. I saw it about 10 years ago and it was pretty sharp looking then. We are going to visit this weekend and I told him I would bring my tools and get it running.

I am thinking that I need to blow off the spark plugs, remove them and squirt some oil into the cylinders. Should I use oil or WD-40? Should I expect the gas in the tank to be any good or should I be prepared to siphon it out and put in fresh gas? Should I change the oil before I try to start it? Anything else I should be thinking about?

I will of course check the coolant and am expecting to have to charge the battery before I start.

Thanks for any input.

Richard

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