Here's a pic from 1961 Service Manual: (no 60 info with me)
It should be just a momentary touch.
Maybe it sparked but just not much?
On the gas gauge not much I know or can say.
If it showed full all the time or didn't move at all it would be something.
Possibly the rheostat in tank is sticking. With car moving it would find its position?
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