Me too!.... I took welding in Shop Class in HS!...........in 1972..
Yep. As a guy that passed a nuclear pipe weld test 40 years ago and has burned probably 1000 lbs of rod and wire since, that picture doesn’t scare me in the least.
Clamp something to straighten the 2 ends ( I bet it would align a lot easier than most would believe) a few 7018 rods, grind it flat, fish plate it, and be done.