When I was in high school I took "auto body I & II" at the local vocational school. Our teacher was not a highly educated man but, he had 36 years of working in body shops as his education. We were taught leading by a man that I would have to say was a master at his craft. The skill of leading is not the easiest to learn and you either have the knack or you don't. About 1/3 of my class picked up the skill pretty easy but, there were only about 3 or 4 of us that were really good at it. Yes, I was one of the guys that was good at it. The hardest thing to master was knowing what temperature to keep the lead to keep it workable but not too hot. A few degrees too hot and you will have a lump of lead on the floor. I recently picked up a leading kit from Eastwood and I'm going to see if I can re-learn a skill that I haven't used in 30 years.

I plan on doing my '51 as a '50s style mild custom and I'm hoping to do my body mods in lead the way they used to do it.
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