Just toss some cheap glasspacks in their place... 25 bucks on Amazon gets you a 26" thrush glasspack. Lol
OK, so i'm thinking the flange is probably gonna crumble, so i'll get the split cuff repair kit, and when I cut behind the resonator, I should work in an additional hanger at/near that new joint before it makes the turn towards the pass. side. Sound right? I still have to measure to see what length in need, 26 sounds short. Exhaust parts used to be sooo much cheaper, in the 90s I could even get a cat back installed cheaper than I could get the parts myself. One example of todays prices: 819$ for a cat back from ADV auto, OUCH