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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote PHAT69AMX Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Apr/16/2018 at 9:13pm
I'll contradict myself, Jetting could cause the smell, unburned gas in exhaust pipes..
Revised previous post...
Exhaust pipes and gas tank, proximity can "boil the tank", another "new fuel" possibility...
Once when "in-between" getting an exhaust finished, drove mine awhile with half-pipes,
no tailpipes, exhaust ended at rear end, and yep, it would boil the gas tank, lol ! 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mixed up Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Apr/17/2018 at 1:16am
you say the carb drains down while setting after a long drive park the car t hen look in the carb see if its dripping into the intake could have 1 a sunken float or 2 high float level causing the carb to siphon the fuel out of the bowls or bad needles & seats
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If your '68 has no charcoal canister to store fumes from the fuel tank and carburetor bowl vents, and both just vent to atmosphere, it will be pretty tough to control fuel smell from normal evaporation in an enclosed garage.

Suggest add a charcoal canister with appropriate connections to tank and carb like later models, if possible. 

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Yep - old cars stink. We are spoiled by newer stuff.
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A little bit of gas smell is normal, but a lot of gas smell indicates a leak, pressure build up, or running extremely rich.

You seem to have checked most of the obvious stuff already.
Gas smell from the exhaust is almost always from the idle mix being set extremely rich.

Try tuning your idle mix with a vacuum gauge, it is far more accurate than tuning by ear.

It isn't uncommon for some carburetors to have ruined idle mix screws from people over-torquing them. Take one out and check for flat spots on the taper of the needle.

Float mis-adjustment, can cause an extremely rich condition as well.

The carburetor bowls being empty after sitting a week is somewhat normal for an aftermarket carburetor. Modern gas simply evaporates far more easily.
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thank you all for the sugestions 
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Id say more to do with fuel tank venting than a carb issue.

Old rubber fuel lines could also be an issue.

PTFE fuel lines may assist, and a filter of some sort or carbon canister on the vent line.
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Originally posted by Ken_Parkman Ken_Parkman wrote:

Yep - old cars stink. We are spoiled by newer stuff.
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