UPDATE:
Found out when the car had been wrecked years ago, that lateral link was bent slightly and the proper distance from point to point wasn't there anymore. However with some other "adjustment" being made, it then was slightly out of spec in the other direction (as I understand it) and needed to be a tiny bit "shorter", so since it was already bent, the idea was to just bring the two points closer together by simply bending it a bit more.
Well it actually worked and never caused any alignment issues, so since the the tire guys said they actually had no trouble aligning it the other day, I reckon that sort of confirms it. So I guess I'm no longer in the market for a lateral link after all!
Anyway, just thought I'd share that for anyone curious about it, and so nobody starts rattling through their parts shelves for one to send me (but thanks anyways).