Retrieving stored MGB

[Robert Dohner <rdohner@cais.cais.com>]

      I have a 1967 MGB that has been stored at my mother-in-laws for 
three years while I have been overseas.  I has been driven occasionally, 
but as time passed, less frequently.

      I'd like to go retrieve the car (in Elmira NY) and drive it home to 
Washington DC, a trip of about 250 miles.

      Do any of you have any advice about things I could do or check on 
the car to increase my chances of making the trip home?  Or of things to 
carry with me (cellular phone, AAA number, Hertz rent-a-truck number, 
Gideon's bible...)?

      Thanks, RD