Nice pix! Older, large dogs make great supervisors for shade-tree mechanics; always encouraging, never get bored. Yours' found the perfect supervisory location. Far superior to "significant others" in this role, from my experience ......
Junky, when I pull my old bumper cross member, I'll be happy to sell it to you, at a reasonable price, so you have a matching pair ....
I do expect you to cover the shipping charge.