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If you just want to see if it starts why change out all the points, plugs etc?? YES do this eventually but not at first.. IF it doesn't start THEN start to diagnose....

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Why make it hard when it can be easy? They need to be changed anyway, unless you think the plugs and points are good after sitting for 19 years. Why start it to hear it run like sh1t?

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Because my thought is if you PUll the dist., install new points, cond, etc, if you mess up ( your out of time for one) and the car doesn't start you have MORE things to do.. If the car starts you know its OK and then you can do a tune up and oil change.. Do I think the car needs this? ABSOLUTELY, but the question as I read it asks " starting it to see if it runs", not starting it and driving it 500 miles.....

Simple is better in this instance

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Sure you can open up room for error, so I understand that. In the past I've just put the engine at TDC, marked the location of the dizzy against the block and direction of the rotor, and make sure the oil pump drive is slotted parallel with the crank before I took it out and after I put it back in.

I'd at least change plugs first, they can get pretty nasty/corroded sitting for that length of time. But to each their own