No fuel flow?

What year model are we talkin' about here? Up through part of 70 the vent was VERY simple. Some of the 70 cars (mostly CA) and later had evap systems on the tank. If you screw up that system, you can end up without having a vent.

The early vent system could not be simpler. A simple tube going down and ending in the inside of the frame rail. VERY easy for insects to build mud nests, etc and plug that

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Car in question is actually my best friend's 69 Nova. My own vehicle is a 70 Duster with 318 and no evap system. He went off and did something nuts and bought a $16,000 Chebby even though I was trying to talk him into getting a Babyfish or Dart. I know that being a Mopar forum, this isn't the ideal place to be asking dumb Chevy questions, but I figured there's plenty of gurus here, and fuel systems are pretty similar among most cars of that period. I'll have to check if his car even has a vent line to begin with. I was just wondering that if with no vent line or a plugged vent line, it would cause these conditions. I greatly appreciate the technical info, and I'll keep it in for my own vehicle!