Get a marine surveyor who emphasizes old fiberglass boats in his practice. Surveyors list their specialties on their websites. A surveyor can also tell a lot about the fiberglass moisture content, engine-compression, oil analysis, etc. and look at all other systems. A surveyor would normally want to see the boat out of the water as well as conduct sea trials.
This may be overkill for a 30+ year old boat, priced at a few thousand dollars.
Talking to a dealer is probably worthwhile. I wouldn't worry about how busy they are at this time of year. If they can't help you, they'll say so. Otherwise, I'd expect to pay them for an hour or two to do a compression check and inspect overall.
Getting service records from the seller may be beneficial.
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