In high school I had a '56 Chevy 210 with a nonoperational gas gauge. I was excellent at knowing how much fuel was in the tank by listening to the filler neck.
That's funny, what I do on mine is put a stick inside and see how much is wet when I pull it out. This one is in the bed and the filler sticks straight up. I currently have about 1"-2" in the tank. I'm gonna try and take it out for a spin this weekend and will try to get it filled up.