That detail of the main rad hose bung looks good. I was going to comment that the one in the first drawing looked like it might not flow enough, but the little isometric shows a setup that should flow fine. The inset design is inherently weaker than a conventional setup though and will, IMHO, require heavier guage metal than normal or at least some reinforcing in that area to stand up to the stresses of use.

Great progress, John!

I enjoyed your explanation of the financing of the project and particularly the selling off of extra parts to finance it. You are obviously getting a trememdous amount of work done without spending the mountains of cash that would be required to do this any other way!

Tom W

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