ORIGINAL: tigerdude426
And here I thought it was a crank-start system for the engine

like in those old Ford Model-Ts of long-ago.
Serious though, that looks like a very nice project you have ahead of you. Keep us posted on your refurbishing progress. Wish I could find freebies like that, would be fun to do some tinkering and reconstruction projects like that myself.
Don't worry Tiger. There will probably be plenty of "refurbishing" to do once you start flying. All part of the game.