Oh yeah....awesome advice so far!!! got the choke going fires right up....never had a car with a choke (pretty darn cool).....Thanks for the input with the gears makes sense all fine there....

Plan right now is to get car to my mechanic in next couple of weeks to check for safety stuff as soon as I save a little money...ex: brakes/steering just to make sure it's safe....then I'll keep plugging away little by little...