Hello James.
Shame we can't see the other end of the steel rod with the nut on it (top middle).
If it has a heavy duty clevis-type fork on it, and it's about 7" (ish) long, then it may just be the steering box steady-rod (support stay) from the early 30's steering box to chassis.
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Tony.
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