And, before Bondo, lead was the material of choice to fill the parts of the dents that you couldn't pound out. Thus, the 1940s/50s term "lead sled," for cars that had been dinged enough that the fenders and body panels were liberally filled with lead to hide the dings. People used to talk about cars that tilted to one side because there was so much lead on that side; I suspect that's a legend, but...Originally Posted by steven c newman
I'm not sure the panels were actually soldered together, in the sense of a mechanical bond, but the lead was pretty common to serve as a caulk at panel joints. But I don't know; before my time.
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