>It is a steel rod/tube, about 22'' long. One end is solid bar stock,
>about 5/8'' diameter, with knurling on 4'' of its length.  This bar is
>inserted -- permanently, I think -- into a steel tube, with an outside
>diameter of about 7/8''. There's a funny little key cutaway in the tube
>where the rod is inserted. The other end of the tube has a notch cut in it.

sounds like the handle to a floor jack of some kind. Judging by the solid
bar-stock handle, probably a nice one. Dunno what use it is without the
jack, though.

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"