He had to repour the engine's babbitt-metal bearings after the first 100 hours in service, probably because the engine had been crated up back in the 1930s and the bearings oxidized from age. The long pipe running from the top of the radiator to the front of the engine is a fix to relieve a steam pocket that forms in Ford engines operated at air craft climb angles. No thermostat is used in the system. With care, the engines will run as much as 1000 hours before overhaul, and rebuilding is a simple procedure. Anderson's landing gear is his own touch, a return to the straight axle originally used by Pietenpol, before V-type Cub gear was developed for later versions of the plans.
Shock cords cushion the aircraft as the big wire spoke wheels ease their way over uneven terrain.
Anderson's front wheels are from a Honda 350 motorcycle. Many homebuilders refuse to touch cycle wheels, terming them not rugged enough for the stresses of aircraft operation at higher weights. Thinking he had defective brakes, Anderson had his wheels checked by a Honda bike shop, which found them in perfect working order. Two spars are used, routed for lightness, and 28 built-up ribs and extra drag wires are inside the wing. I would have trouble with the only aircraft part in the engine.