Front spindle ??

Peter, that front upright can be straightened. In your area, I suggest you find a race shop and tell them it's a pricey forged steel part. The piece can be cold-bent- slowly- maybe with some warming to about 350-400F followed by slow cooling to ambient. There may be some spring-back requiring two bending attempts to get it perfect. Race teams run into this situation (joke!) all the time. Failing this, Johnny Woods could probably do the straightening

If you want to be completely safe, take the straightened part to some place that does X-Ray (non-destructive testing) inspection- local airplane mechanics should know who does this. I've straightened forged steel steering arms this way and it takes a LOT of force and good control to bring things back in line without twisting them in the process.

It seems whatever force it took to bend that upright would have caused some collateral damage elsewhere. Are there any other signs of stress in that corner of your car?

Thanks for the tip regarding Johnny, have mailed him some pics.

Other damage I have looked for and at some time a new left hand front wing has been fitted, but I cannot see any signs of chassis damage.

Although it could have been repaired when the wing was changed.

I agree it must have been a very heavy Knock to bend the arm so much.

Check the steering arm on the bent upright by comparing it to the other side. On your car, the steering arms bolt on. Earlier cars have cast-in-place steering arms and bolt-in wheel spindles.

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Originally posted by Bosswrench:
Check the steering arm on the bent upright by comparing it to the other side. On your car, the steering arms bolt on. Earlier cars have cast-in-place steering arms and bolt-in wheel spindles.

That I haven't done as yet, still trying to get so many other jobs sorted out, good advice, cheers.