G'Day , Geez   Some of the restoration  jobs I get ....well,   I look at them  and think , " wouldn't  it be easier just to have a new one made ? "  But I then think about the sentimental   value the owner may have in it, as   it could be a link to someone close to them . It was about 40+ years old, apparently . The old post was replaced with link from a bicycle chain at some point in its hard working life, crude , but effective,  and the rest was bodged up with a few   ' orrible'  looking