Thanks all for the advice. 

I did try to crank it with jumper cables last spring, but it did what Steve was describing after he put a new engine on an old gas tank and I simply have not had the resources to touch it since then.
 
" Crank crank crank but the orchestra doesn't come to life. In fact it would barely crank over at all, kinda like a dying battery. Ba Hum Bug, I figured I'll get at it tomorrow.
The next morning it would not crank at all!!!"

I am guessing this is not a good thing. Oh well, it sure as heck ain't going to get better sitting there.

I got my sleeves rolled up, my coveralls on, all my tools at hand, let's get greasy!

Thanks y'all,

David Higginbotham
82 Westfalia
Silk Hope, NC