For the record, I don't have a trunk mounted battery, but I do have a ground hub in the trunk, the sending unit, tank, and reverse lights are grounded to it, and a ground wire runs from that to a ground hub in the front.
Everything is grounded to the front hub, hub to frame and battery, frame to engine, dash/gauges to welded bolt behind dash, etc.
No more chasing my tail and scratching my head over electronicals.