Bought big block camaro missing distributor

[mrtoni]

I bought my uncles 1967 rs camaro. It has a 396 turbo 350 originally a 327. Here's the hitch. He parked it 15 years ago when it failed to start. It was daily driver, one day it wouldn't crank although accessory power worked. He replaced coil, battery cables maybe other things. At one point he pulled the distributor and bought a unilite but never installed it.

It was garaged for the next 15 years.

I pulled spark plugs and am soaking cylinders in marvel mystery oil. I do not know if motor is free or not.

The dist cap is there with plug wires but if I replace dizzy now it would be blind luck to get timing anywhere close.

Plan is to let cylinders soak, change oil, rotate engine to tdc and install distributor. Go from there chasing electrical.

Any better ideas out there?

Matt