Welding a back brace on a 8 3/4, any advice??

Very nice work!....but unfortunately, I'm an idiot. After cutting off the perches, grinding things smooth, and measuring this thing MULTIPLE times...I realized last night that the housing is bent...bad:banghead:...I really have no idea how I could have missed this earlier.....I suck :oops:

Does anyone know if a MO875 with a back brace will clear a stock gas tank on a 67 Barracuda? I'm pretty sure this is the direction I'm going....no racing for me this weekend :violent1:
it cant be bent to bad if you were running it??????..Artie