There is only one reason to use lead.............so you can brag to your buddies that your car was done that way. Otherwise, modern lightweight fillers have surpassed this old school way of doing things in almost every respect.

I know you see guys like Bill Hines doing it on Monster Garage and it seems so traditional, and all. But with the health related issues and difficulty in working it, there is no real valid reason in 2006 to use the stuff.

When my Kid chopped the top in his '29 Fordor, there was a lot of lead he had to cut through, and he didn't feel really good for a couple of months after, and he wondered about the dust he may have come in contact with.


Don