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Working on a vintage car never ceases to amaze. On Monday I did a test drive of 150 miles. Car ran basically fine. Wednesday over lunch, I went out, started it, and wait for it to warm up. It died after 5 minutes. Huh?
It acted like it had run out of gas. I looked at the fuel pump and saw grease leaking out, which I'd noticed before, but hadn't really been concerned about. 
I looked closer, and took off the pump. To my surprise, the pin that forms the fulcrum for lever inside the fuel pump had come totally out of the housing!
Before driving it a significant distance, I want to have at least a semi-permanent fix for this problem. First, before removing the pump, block the fuel lines with surgical-style clamps.
And remove the distributor to make it easier to get at the front fuel pump bolt: 
I dis-assembled the pump and used a Craftsman rotary grinder tool to cut a chamfer in each end of the pivot pin.
Then cleaned and re-assembled the pump and peened the pin into place: