what does this do?

[Dreamcar]

I've got the front floorpan completely removed and what your looking at is the inside of the cross member where the it joins the front frame rail going forward.

What does that bracket do? There's one on each side. I can't imagine it does anything for structural strength but I could be wrong.

[birdsandbees]

Oh I imagine it gives some torsion rigidity to the crossmember and adds some meat for joining the frame rail. While you're in there considering welding a plate across your TBar mounts so they can't spin.

[Dreamcar]

Cool, thanks.

[birdsandbees]

 

[Dreamcar]

Not a bad idea