First report ,here goes . If you look at the second picture right above the choke and oiler you see two mismatched screws.These hold the back AV mounts .
Whoever had this thing before Kevin assembled them incorrectly pinching off both the oiler button and the choke . In addition the boot on these things is held in place with two screws going down though the air box each side the carb .Both missing,it was sucking air ,no fuel at all .
That's the problem .Too damned cold in the garage plus I want to get some pics of this thing during the repairs or rather resurrection . I'll peel the whole top off ,hard to say what else they screwed up .l' ll get on next week after it warms up a tad bit .
There ya go Mc Robert ,old Al still has teeth, took me about 5 minutes to figure all that out .