215 buying tips

[jphillips@cvalley.net (Julie Ann Phillips)]

I,m going to look at and potientaly buy a complete running ,driving
manual transmission skylark for the engine,bellhousing,flywheel,etc for
my conversion.What kinds of tests can i do to determine the condition of
the engine.Should i let idle for x amount of time to see if it
overheats,check compression what should it be?Anything i can do to
assure it's good would be helpful.The owner said it doesn't use oil or
smoke but he only took it on trade a couple of months ago and hasn't
been driving it?

Thanks

Greg