[rosenkranswa]

I have a '29 Roadster that had the kink in the drag link when we bought it 28 years ago. Never effected the steering and seemed intentional. No marks in the paint, or link itself. The kink makes the link pull exactly parallel to the frame rail. Given the robustness of the drag link, you'd have to hit the steering stops pretty hard to bend it I would think.

I've never found any references regarding modification of the drag link this way, or why it might have been done, but I've seen enough of them now to wonder if it was an intentional modification back in the day. Certainly not factory, probably not dealer, not sure where or why it might have been done.