When I bought my 58 Studebaker, it wouldn't start for nothing, finally, I found out that mice had a home built in the exhaust, so it wasn't getting air thru, and thats why it wouldn't start. Funny things like that happen when a car sits for years. I think the other post are more likely, but blow some air thru the exhaust and make sure it is open. On this i=one, I just drilled a few holes in the pipes ( they needed replaced anyway), and then it started right up, hehe. Please let us know what the problem was, I'm still learning too.