Small progress - crossmember exhaust holes

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Got a little done over the weekend. I got some 4.5" pipe and cut a couple not so square 1" rings, took forever on the saw. Then I welded in some tabs on the holes in the frame. Used a bi-metal 4.5" hole saw and cut some holes. That part sucked! Wasn't easy at all. Then I tapped the rings in place and ground some of the paint away. Welded them in while laying under the truck. Had a couple nice size pieces of slag land inside my ear. Love the smell of burning hair. Then I wire brushed it and cleaned it up and threw on some POR-15. Now all I need is a trailer to pull it up to the exhaust shop. Throw some exhaust on it and get it timed and Im on the road after 5 years.....