New car!! Need advice on starting!

Check around your area and some radiator shops will clean out gas tanks! We have one around here that even cleans them and installs a lifetime coating inside! I would remove the tank and then take out the sending unit and clean it well and make sure fuel can flow through it and possibly replace the sock or filter on the end of it. Don't buy a new tank if you don't need one!Then check to make sure the gas line to the fuel pump is clean disconnect it from the fuel pump and blow air through it. Reconnect the line to the fuel pump,reinstall the tank and put about 5 gallons of gas in it to check it out.Could also be the fuel pump has a dried out and cracked diaphram and not working very well or not at all. By the way it sounds like a really cool car and hope you get it going real soon and able to DRIVE IT! Keep us posted on how things go.