Day two of the 64 Valiant

I get what you are saying. This is an upgrade to old parts is all, really. I was planning on doing this anyhow for the most part. I think and I believe most of the issues are whats inside that tank. Just gut instinct tells me the culprit is rust and other things collecting in the tank. This is due to the car sitting a lot and the tank not being over 1/4 of a tank and me filling this tank to the rim with brim and in doing so I released this crud clinging to the top of the inside of the tank. Also the fumes by the back of the car are strong. Thinking the top of the tank might be thin, maybe a pinhole or two possible. My throwing parts is on precaution more than anything else. Sporadic fuel Guage has me thinking sender is getting weak. So at the same time just going for the line, pump and filter just to round things off. I have had a couple of folks stop by to see the car and they both made mention about the fuel line being in a bad place. I have an idea to run my own fuel line from the pump to the carb. I was planning on going the route of my brothers 440 Coronet R/T. Running a short line out of the pump going up, install my fuel filter behind the alternator, run the rest of the line up and around the outside of the valve cover til its almost even with the carb, adding a couple of 90 degree bends and hook it to the carb. Want to do a dual setup running a vacuum line in the same fashion from the carb to the distributor to eliminate any lines going over the valve cover. Of course this is all in planning stages. Back to the problem issue, I'm going to siphon the fuel out of the tank, inspect it and plan the repairs from there. Still feel its origin is from the tank so thats the first point of attack.