1969 Dodge Dart Swinger clean up

Being narrower = less to bend.. LOL.. it is in tension not compression. I'll be putting a limiter on it anyhow, just baffles me why it's there with the #'s engine in the car. BUT who knows what's been in and out of there in the 52 years previous while the OE sat on a stand or the mount was lost during an engine rebuild... is what it is, it's going back in.