The crossmember looks original to me. It's missing the small braces but I doubt they do much anyway. You need to have the cutouts but I'd mock things up with shocks before doing the cutouts. You want to have at least 1.5" clearance from shock to exhaust pipe. Mock up shock clearance before welding in the crossmember. On the One Lap Camaro there was barely clearance to the shock hose, which had to point inward because it wouldn't fit pointing towards the frame rails.
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