Sure I would. For a bottle of green chartreuse and some agreeable company. Would also consider añejo mezcal or tequila. You know, the stuff that's been aged on oak. Come over on the megabus, tell them it's a folding bike, they won't know!

I'd rather do that than try to source another dropout, melt and grind and file the old one out, prep everything, and braze it. The bottom of the dropout doesn't see much stress. This is way easier than the one I just did, linked to above. Only risky thing is trying to drill through the weld and tapping that hole for the adjuster. Much easier and stronger if you forego the adjuster on that side. But I can drill it too, if you must.