Gasoline Smell....where is it coming from?...6 conversion, Update 5/18 Options

[billh1963]

When driving the car (engine is a 2.2L 6 with triple Webers) I frequently smell gas. This is with the targa on or off. The smell comes and goes...it's not consistent; however, it always occurs

If I stop the car and check around the car (with the engine running) I don't smell it. With the engine running I have checked everywhere and don't see or smell anything. No drips or puddles under the car, around the carbs, etc. I have checked connections on the fuel pump and nothing there.

I have thought of two possibilities:
1. Leaking fuel line in the tunnel (which I should smell all the time...right?)
2. Fumes coming into the cockpit from the engine compartment.

Any other thoughts?


Update: 5/3
Drove the car extensively today and, as usual, the gas smell comes and goes. Stopped while the smell was strong and checked around the carbs...dry
Looked under the car...dry
Opened the trunk...no smell.
Even pulled the gear shift to see if there was a gas smell in the tunnel...nothing

The only thing I see is this line is hanging out in space...could the smell be coming from here?
Should I cap it or does it need to connect somewhere?
Remember...this car has triple webers...it's not fuel injected.

[Cap'n Krusty]

It's not like I really read all the somewhat clueless replies, but I can't believe no one told you to FIX the open vent line. It is OBVIOUS that some posters didn't even completely read the original post! It's got a freakin' PICTURE, for Pete's sake! That stray line runs from the evap can to the engine. There are two, one to a nipple on the fan shroud, and one to the air cleaner. They MUST be connected, and connected correctly. That's your gas smell! This, BTW, has been discussed numerous times right here in the Garage forum, and the answer to the problem has nearly always been the same. It's a PASSIVE emissions system, and it makes absolutely NO sense to disable or eliminate the plumbing!

The Cap'n