[TR] Lead

[Randall]

> So another TR3 and more of the same - lead everywhere.  So my 
> question, directed at the older, er, make that "longer 
> serving" members of the group is:  what's the story with all 
> the lead on these cars?  Did they come out of Coventry like 
> this or is this from earlier repairs?

A D'oh moment : I got my current front apron just a bit too hot while brazing in repair patches; and the factory solder started
running out of the joint around the headlight plinth!

Don't know if yours is all original; but for sure the factory used body solder (lead/tin alloy) in places.  As noted, it was also a
standard repair material for many years.  Custom cars used to be known as "lead sleds" because of all the lead in them.

-- Randall