How To Lead Load an Austin Healey MK1 Rear Wing

This video is showing the lead loading after the fitting of a new edge on a rear wing of an Austin Healey MK1.
The edge was rotten so we cut it off and fabricated a new edge, it has been fitted and the gap adjusted and this video is showing the lead loading process.
Thanks for watching, have a great day!
This video was made in conjunction with Merlin Classic Cars, for more information or enquiries, please visit merlinclassics.co.uk
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"Mist - by Odonis Odonis" has been taken from the RUclips Audio Library

[@T3glider]

Ew … boy filler!

[@mikeg5877]

thanks for sharing, I need to learn to do this for a TR3 project... cheers

[@johnmorrow7080]

I was restoring a mk2 Rolls Royce in the 90's Silver shadow I think I'm not that knowledgeable on them at a RR and Bentley specialist in town he had a pair of wings he got cheap , I had cut the wing off and tried the new wing up which did not fit , after a long discussion with him it was agreed that I cut the front of the wheelarch and move it forward , I was busy welding the arch back in it's new place I noticed the boss talking to an old guy who was pointing at me , next thing I know is the boss coming across starts shouting me about putting a mk1 on a mk2 car I was gobsmacked and not impressed and a couple of days later he asked me to look at a Austin Healey that was in for restoration I agreed to do it I told him strip the car so I could start it after finishing the RR when RR I packed all my took in the car a buggered of and never went back leaving the Austin Healey in a few hundred bit's , I do not like dropping people in it but treating me like that without an apology deserved it .

[@revolutionartworks]

Yeah I don't blame you there, sir. That certainly sounded a tad unnecessary.. its unfortunate when cars have to be left like that but sometimes it can't helped. I've left jobs previously due to the bosses attitude, it just makes the workplace an uncomfortable place to be.
All the best!

[@johnmorrow7080]

I used to move the lead about with the back of the gas tip , warm the lead bar just as it to melt push it into to panel them move it about with the back while keeping it molten at the same time , we used a lot of lead at the Vauxhall dealers , my first job at a independent bodyshop I asked where the lead was I was told we dont use lead , I sharp changed that , years later I did a 1950's mk1 the owner wanted all the door skin bottoms cut off grit blasted the frame and prime , think I cut about 7 inchs off the bottom , I was a pain but looked mint finished .

[@revolutionartworks]

Thanks for taking the time to comment on my video, I appreciate it greatly.
That's fantastic to hear, it's nice to hear from chaps who use these same techniques. It's a dying art these days unfortunately.
All the best!