6.1 Hemi into 72 Demon March 2018

So in the one picture you can see at some point this car had a big block as they cut out the inner fenderwells. I will have to fabricate them back. My question to some of you who have went before me in this crazy adventure is welding in a base over the shock support. Please refer to the picture that has the soap stone arrows. I am looking for feedback here, do I weld the support base right to the shock tower or do I weld it to the sheet metal of the inner fender? In my opinion thus far I weld to the sheet metal as the tube is already welded to the cowling piece on the fire wall and the other end is to the frame. So in theory I weld to the sheet metal to make it a bit more rigid as it helps support the whole front end if you will? Just thinking out loud boys.