[Roadsters] Bent center link - what metal to fabricate a replacement out of?

[andycost at embarqmail.com]

You can get a swaged tube at any dirt track supplier like speedway or circle track products for $20 or less.  They will sell it in any length.  You can also buy a set of heim joints and an adaptor to allow a heim joint to bolt to the place where the tie rod was.