Great looking car!! You have done well. I am sure you will find the fuel problem is minor. It looks too good to have major problems.
I dont think that car will have a prime pump.
Many on here dont agree with this, but I have had it work a couple of times (I have a 2.5 na version of your car).
If you disconnect the return line at the secondary filter and connect a tube to the filter end & run it into a bottle. You can then carefully pressurize the return line to the tank with a regulated air hose. You will hear the air coming out the tank breather, despite this, in time it will pressurize the tank a little. This will force fuel from the tank up through the lines and you will see it flow out of the hose into the bottle. Initially you may see air bubbles, in time the air will bleed out. Be careful if you remove the air hose as the fuel will flow backwards through the return line & make a mess. Have a friend take the filler cap off the tank before stopping the air. This should allow you to bleed the fuel system without too many flat batteries.

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