Thanks again for the replies

Mr. P..... This car is fairly new to me, and I just noticed this issue last weekend. It may have happened before and I never noticed it.

BobR.... No idea if the sock is in the tank. I bought the car with this fuel system. I saw the car run 11.70's before I bought it and I "assumed" everything worked OK. The way the pump is mounted I can't read the model number. I'll try and remove it this weekend to verify.

drjay0...... That's how the pump is mounted. I know for a fact the car had 5 gallons of fuel that day. I don't think the pickup would become uncovered with that much fuel, but maybe it did.