I'd cut the end off a wrecked front end and turn down the end insert in the tube plug weld and butt weld the joint. If you go to a wrecking yard you could get one free. The first rigid front end I saw were Freddie Hernandez (Denver Choppers at the time) Freds Frames now, you might try to pic his brain.
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