Maverick C- Pillars ?

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  1. Powerband

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    On two Maverick C-Pillars I've noticed wavy surface on my original '74 (non Grabber) 2 dr and another 74 (true) Grabber. Also my 74 looks like may have filler on top A Pillar into roof and cracks under paint..

    Anybody take their car to bare steel ?. Curious about how the roof - body seam along C-Pillar is smoothed at factory.

    Earlier Fords' used lead filler in those spots. Still lead or maybe early plastic filler is revealing age ?.

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    Just Curious ...

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    # 80 sander steel panel prep runs into much softer lead filler and digs in (61 Comet) :
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    The leaded seam on the pillars are allways wavy. If its cracking and original... rust has gotten under the lead...
     
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    ... but was the 70's Mavericks still using LEAD filler not plastic ? ?.
     
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    Yes....Mavericks were built still using lead.
     
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    Yes lead up to the last day of production. Reason being, a better product IE: Polyester fillers/adhesives, had not yet been invented. Lead, could handle the stress of flexing and temp change that old school fillers could not.
     
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    So when was the end of lead use by Ford and others. My original post questioned the early fillers used.

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    Generally...Mid to late 8os' Each manufacturer was different. and they all tried to sidestep the osha regs that were coming down the pipe banning lead fillers for production use...
     
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    Here is a picture from my '70 showing where the lead line is. The body was media blasted down to bare metal.

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    ... that's what I was looking for. Shows the lead filled roof seam exactly where I've seen reveals,

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