Questions about transmission mount crossmember

[marcolara]

After spending a couple hours getting rid of the sludge and the dirt off my 68 frame, I discovered that the transmission mount has been cut/modified (pretty crappy job if you ask me) by previous owners. I also heard that these mounts are different based on manual/automatic transmission.

My questions are:

1) What type of cross member is this (auto, manual transmission)?
2) Is this cross member structurally safe even though its been cut this way?
3) Should I just get a new/used one and where can I get one?

Thanks!