starting up my 318 after nine+ years....

This is what I would do. Pull all spark plugs and put a squirt of tranny fluid in each cylinder to help loosen things leave out the plugs, change the oil with a cheap 10w40(you will change it again)bring the engine to TDC, pull the distributor and drive gear making note of how they came out. ( mark the dizzy with a marker or something) get a drill and prime the engine, turn the engine over by hand 90 degrees and prime again, continue that cycle until you have reached top dead center again. Then put your plugs back in, spray some starter fluid down the throat of the carb and then turn the ignition, Assuming it ran before and everything is still functional like the carb and the ignition system still works I would say you would be fine. I've done this before on engines that have sat around for a while without issue. priming the engine with oil would ensure that the start up wasn't dry and you wouldn't damage engine bearings and the cam. Anyway, after you get it running change the oil again to get rid of the rest of that nasty stuff that's been in there for 9 years.