I drove a 57 for a few years with angle iron on the tie rod, until I parted out a TF with a straight rod - works OK but I don't think a mechanical safety inspection would let it by

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics