Manual transmission cross-member

While researching motor mounts and perches I ran across some information about cross-members for manual transmission trucks. I knew my truck had been a manual at some point in the past and it turns out my truck still had the old manual transmission cross-member. It isn't needed because my truck is now an automatic and the manual trans cross-member serves no structural purpose. It just gets in the way of exhaust and makes installing the engine/auto trans more difficult. I decided to remove it before dropping in the new engine and trans. It took about four hours of careful cutting and grinding to get it out.