OK, no one get mad at me but while I'm still a Chevy guy, I've decided to share my time with the Olds side. Yup, I bought the car. Went up on Thurs. with my box of essentials to try and fire it up. Mystery oiled the cyls, found one exhaust valve hanging slightly so tapped it down twice then it freed right up. Fixed a bad coil to cap ignition wire, and wired from the starter post direct to the coil. (car has the wrong coil set up in it now with a coil mounted on the cowl. Original is mounted inside the car behind the key).
I disconnected the main harness feed off the starter terminal as the wiring is shot so there would be no shorts or fires. Disconnected the fuel pump hose off the fuel line, cleaned the pump bowl, added gas to the bowl, attached the hose from my makeshift fuel tank, and then turned the car over with the hand crank many times. (crank case oil looked especially good and for a quick start I saw no need to change). Once all seemed real good and I was happy with what I saw, a 10cc syringe of fuel was shot in each cylinder and the plugs/wires put back. With a helper operating the choke, the fast idle set (Olds had that feature, step on the accelerator, rotate a ring in the center of the steering wheel, and fast idle would set), me operating the starting linkage hood side, and contacting the coil jump wire to the starter post, the motor fired and came alive! (I did have a fire extinguisher on hand for those who thought about it!)
The car runs very well and even accelerated fine. Of course it wasn't run for very long and allowed to cool each time but I started it about 5-6 times. The carb originally showed some wetness around it's base when we were choking it and fuel pump leaked from the bowl gasket but all that stopped during this process. This car wants to be back on the road for sure.
After a lengthy discussion with the wife (she has to be happy too!) the car will be painted the correct Vancouver and Oyster blue combination. I got some very good news also. There was a total of only 249, 6cyl, 6 wheel(deluxe), wooden spoked roadsters made! This makes this car pretty rare indeed. While it's not a Duesy or Packard, it will be my "Duesy,Packard" and should still be worth a fair amount and much more than a Model A. I know when I go to show some day, I won't be in a line of the same model anyway. I can already picture myself driving down the road with the windshield folded, a Ivy hat on backwards, and a nice pair of leather driving googles on. Of course, the wife alongside me. Not sure if she's going to appreciate wearing googles though!
I'm going to post some pictures in the members area that I took.
Thanks to all those who helped me get the info I need and especially to Steve who got me directly to the right people to help me make my decision.
Ted