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we bought an alpine several years ago that had collision work repaired using lead as a filler. we found this when we took the body back to bare metal. the bad thing we found was that there was a lot of body rust under the lead. we found holes rusted thru and we decided not to restore the car since it would require so much more than we anticipated. I have talked with others that found the same problem.
 
65beam said:
lead is fine if you don't leave the rootes seams as they are. the lead needs removed and seams need to be welded solid or lead will crack. this is an ongoing problem with the original lead if left in when doing a restoration. we have one car that we left the lead in and it has cracks near the trunk hinges. I have seen several cars with cracks in that area and also in the seams near the windshield.
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Thanks for the tip, will weld up those areas.
 
George Simpson said:
It's called technology when plastic body filler was invented lead went away never to return
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Fair enough, i find lead loading quite rewarding, it's a skill not many people have left.

65beam said:
we bought an alpine several years ago that had collision work repaired using lead as a filler. we found this when we took the body back to bare metal. the bad thing we found was that there was a lot of body rust under the lead. we found holes rusted thru and we decided not to restore the car since it would require so much more than we anticipated. I have talked with others that found the same problem.
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I guess theres two ways of looking at that, if it was bondo & rusty then clumps of it would have fallen off much earlier & possibly the car scrapped then, at least the car had a few more years of life.
As per any body filler, it's all about preparation, you get out what you put in.
 
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