You can see here, when the nose was first cut off a section of RHS added between the very front mount point of the lower suspension arm.
This RHS also gives a sturdy area for the new nose to weld to.
You can also see wing plates added forward of the upper suspension arm mount point.
These plates not only tied in some of the flappy panel work to the upper chassis rails, but gave the mounting point for the bolt in bar work, (shown above) & again a weld point for the new nose.
regards,
Tony.
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