Maybe a hydraulic shop can help you with the hoses. Must be nice to have all that space to work with. :) It even looks like all the header pipes are on the same side of the column.
The problem with a hydro shop is I don't have a hose that fits for them to reuse the metal parts.
I was certainly pleased with the way those headers fit once I got the starter situation sorted. I had to grind a little bit off a piece sticking out on the bottom of the passenger side bellhousing but other than that they bolted straight on. It wouldn't have been so easy in the car though.
All that space was definitely good, except when I'd have to work on something underneath it. It took way too long to put the crossmember on the transmission.