Easy for you to say. LOL YOu have a shop, welder and tools. Sounds like the OP didn't have a clue or the tools to make it happen. I later responded to do some homework before just asking how. A lot of newbies do that. Too lazy to look things up themselves. I even suggested a restoration thread here so he could see how it was done and decide whether it's something he could or should do himself.What’s to know? Brace it, cut old out, weld new in, remove braces