34 Coupe fuel pickup question

[G.M.]

Originally Posted by elwood

Hey guys, Im replacing the fuel tank in the 34 Im working on, and the pickup that goes in the tank looks like it at one time had a hose or something on the end that is outside the tank.
Is these ends just open to the atmosphere ? Looks like the big line, is mashed flat with a hole drilled in it, the small one, the one that connects to the small line running to the fuel gauge, is wide open,

The smashed one is the vent, the small line go's to the gauge and the large
one is a 1/4 steel fuel line to a flex hose that go's to the fuel pump. G.M.