Starting a car after YEARS of storage

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:40:30 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I have a 1969 AMC AMX with a 390 engine. It has been sitting five years. Should I remove plugs and squirt engine oil in the cylinders?

Then key-on with the plugs removed to turn it over slowly & gently?

How about an oil pan stick-on heater to get the oil warm first before actually starting it up?

That’s all the ideas I have to make sure I do the restart carefully w/o breaking any rings.

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