Did any of the boats in the seventies have "MARINE" equipment ? Therefore I dont use any . 

-beerjet-

Alot of it is due to covered motors. And fumes and sparks accumalating. It is mostly due to stupid people!

I have a covered engine compartment....and a family who may borrow my boat and not do things right. I don't want to lose them or sink my boat over a few $$$.

I've upgraded to a marine starter and alternator (the major source of sparks), I figured I might as well get the marine grade fuel pump (or convert it) so I worry less about the family.

I also plan on running a o ring on the distributor cap, to take care of the last spark potential . The carbs don't have j tubes, but I put a hose tying the two float bowls together with the vent on the bottom to simulate what a j tube does. Other than that, I can't think of what else I need to be safer.

Speedy,
 If you realy think its needed and cant find a marine pump for the Mopar.  Maybe you could drill the regular pump, attache a vent hose fitting, and run the vent hose to the fuel tank vent hose.    I think the whole idea is, if the pump diaphragm goes bad the fumes/fuel will be vented out of the engine compartment .

 just an idea .

That is what I thought the difference was, a vent fitting. I wasn't sure if there were any other differences (I couldn't think of anything else it could be though).  Just trying to be safe- after  my last accident, I'm leaning twords safer than not... Thanks