It finally quit raining after three weeks of almost non-stop wet weather. Body is now all stripped and I have most of the lead melted out of the seams. I left the lead in the left top windshield frame corner, and the top of the door jamb/quarter panel for reference. Those two areas aren't just leaded to hide seams, they're built up fairly thick to actually shape the area. I've never used lead as filler before so it will be interesting to learn the process.
There is a good bit of lead in the car from the factory. All of the overlapping panel seams in the door jambs were built up and shaped into an outside "corner" to mimic a one-piece stamping. The lower rocker seams were also leaded to hide those panel overlaps.
Cracks in the lead, these looked worse before blasting.
The whole top corner of the windshield frame is shaped with lead.
As is the top of the quarter panels.
