Been sitting for about 8 years

[16v_paddy]

Anything made out of rubber would be at the very top of my list of priorities to check or replace starting with the belts.

Next I'd be taking the brake calipers off to check that they're not seized up, clean, regrease then refit

After that a visual inspection of everything that's rubber to see what condition it's all in & go from there. As long as nothing is obviously perished or cracked, a decent soaking of WD40 should sort them out.

If it hasn't been run for that long, check that the enginge & box have plenty of oil in them, then disconnect the king lead from the distributor so it wont start and crank it on the key for 10 seconds or so to get the oil well circulated before firing it up.

The belts are by far the most important thing to sort 1st, once they're done & you're happy that there's nothing knackered on the car you just need to give it an italian tune up

[kenny's son]

Thanks for that! So I take it the tyres will be shot to bits then as well? What's the cost of getting the belts replaced these days?

I've not ever used this site to ask advice before but followed it for probably 13 ish years!