Thread: Broken tie bar on my '29 Ford..... What are my options?

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

BTW, I forget where I got the ss tube, but I think it was someplace like Home Depot or Lowes, made for some home use if I remember correctly. Like I mentioned, it is 20 years old and still looks good.
Don

Handicap bathroom hand rail makes a great source of stainless tubing. You can buy it in the big box building supply stores. The ends are bent and flanges welded on but just cut off what you don't need.

Bob

It was something like that Bob, pretty sure. I'll be at the shop tonight and will shoot some pictures and take some measurements. I think it took me all of an hour to fab up mine, it was that simple.

Don

I took three pictures for you but for some reason my computer is screwing up and I can only download one. But it shows pretty much all there is to see. The chrome nut is simply capping an all thread rod that I cut so that only a bit hung out on each side. As I tightened the two nuts it drew the horns in, locking in the spreader bar.

I measured the diameter of the bar, it is 1.5 inches OD, and that seems pretty proportional to the rest of the frame. Hope this info helps out.

Don

Looks great

I'll most likely do the same