Kinda have to agree with Danascar, sounds a bit like a float problem, if you had gas running out the top.  Been there done that... it had one of the solid plasticky foam type floats, and it was more or less sinking in the gas...  but that was a loong time ago when that happened... :)

Update:

I've been thinking of putting an inline fuel filter on my car.  I'd like to put it just upstream of the gas tank in the rubber hose back there.  Do I need to look for a "suck through" filter vs a "pull through"?  Or does it matter. 

I also want to replace my bronze fuel filters on my Holley carb with paper filters that won't transfer heat from the fuel lines.  Not sure where to find these either.  I have hard lines from the pump all the way to the carb.

Wow... your car is a lot like mine except you have an LT1. I just have a hopped up 350. Anyway, the filter I got is mostly glass. It's easy to change the elements because the body of the filter does not change, just the element. I got it at O'Reilly. It's much smaller in diameter and now it clears any hot parts by about an inch. Makes me feel much better.

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Over on the other forum, a guy said he had a glass filter and he got a bunch of replies saying get rid of the glass filter cause it can break and spill gas all over a hot engine.  Said to replace it with a metal bodied filter.

I want to put one in the rubber line back by the tank.  Then I can get rid of the "stone" filters in the carb.

Thanks for the heads up. I would have NEVER thought the filter would be in danger of breaking. Why would someone even build something like that?

I've used the see-thru filters on several vehicles with no problem. Had one on the Sneezle Mercedes for years, and have one on my Goldwing now. If they are not allowed to bang up against anything, OR if they are not tightened too tight when screwing the ends on, I don't see how they would break. The one on the Goldwing pretty much just lays on top of the engine case with no problems.
All that being said, a regular metal filter is definitely safer in the long run, but the see-thrus with replaceable elements are fine.

As far as the bronze in-carb filters, I prefer those to the paper ones....the bronze ones can be cleaned/reused. I can't see being a bronze material would really pass any more heat to the fuel than the metal fuel lines, or the carb bowls....unless I'm missing something there.
Installing a filter back by the tank is iffy, in most cases, with a mechanical fuel pump. The best thing for that is to use as small of one as possible....the less volume the pump has to suck the fuel thru the better. A filter with a large canister can work the pump a little more than normal to get the fuel started thru it, since the filter will always have a small amount of air in it.