Where can I get oval shaped solid mild steel to make buggy rail with? What size do I need? I was thinking 3/4" x 1/4".
Witmer Coach Shop in Pennsylvania carries it.
I don't believe they have a website. They do have a paper catalog.
Years ago my dad bought oval iron stock from them to reproduce patent leather fender frames for an early car he is restoring.
I believe the size is 3/8"x3/4" and I got mine off an old JD hay rake out behind my house. The bars that sweep the tines are the exact cross section, shape and size as a Ford buggy rail. This one had 8 of them just under 3' each. Some implements of the horse drawn era had steel wheels with spokes of the same material.
They have a telephone. 717-656-3411
Call and ask them to send you a catalog. Good people to work with.
here is that page from Witmer Coach shop Cat # 32 page 24.
David Dare.
and the price list ...sorry forgot to add it.