Cool, I will try that. Thanks!

About all you can do is start it, then warm it up & check all fluid levels, then change the oil & filter.
Give it a full tune up as per the book & just keep your eye on everything. The lack of condensation under the oil filler cap is a good sign, but just understand that any old oil that remains when you drain it will mix with the new, so put a new filter on it now, & see if you think you want to change the oil & filter again within the first 1,000 miles.

I like to do this whenever I buy another car as it allows me to KNOW for sure what's in the oil pan.

Hey guys. My Datsun 1200 just arrivedfrom California! But I am coming across a little problem and I'd like to know if anyone out there can help me figure out this little problem.
It looks like this car had not been started in a while.
The motor turns over, the stater was no good, so I replaced the brushes and now i got it to crank. But when I checked the oil, it was kind of thick and appeared to have a caramel color. Could this be because it was sitting for a while, or it may be that it mixed the oil and water?
I took the oil cap off, but it does not have that caramel color on it. I drained this old oil and will be filling it back up with clean oil.
I do not want to rebuild it because I do not have the money for it.
Thanks in advance.
Gerry