Deleted Heater Pipes
If you are doing away with the heater hoses why not get rid of them UGLY pipes altogether.
It can be done in place easily enough with the powersteering pump and alternator out of the way. The pipes have tabs on them held in place by the p/s pump mounting, the pipes can be stubborn to get moving when the o-rings on them have been there in the alloy housing for decades but with patience working/wriggling/twisting they come out, clean up the recesses and install good old fashioned brass frost plugs. 7/8" in the housing and 3/4" in the front of the intake manifold.
i put this one up cos you cant really see them when back up and running.
It also means doing away with that ugly tank on the guard. the ugly bolt in hose was a quick fix means of bleeding the system, i have a 5L 3core rad and jack the left front as high as i can (usually pick up the left rear
) to make the cap the highest point in the system and pump/squeeze the top and bot rad hoses with the motor running, gets the air out no worries.
Cheers