John, sorry to hear about your car. I would be sick to my shomach as well. I had my car out last night and ran into hail twice, about pea size. When I left the house, the weather looked perfect.

About 12 years ago, we had terrible hail as you got. The PDR people came to town and opened shops with tents on every vacant lot they could find. A co-worker had a new S10 Pick up that got hammered. When they were finished, you could not tell a single dent had ever been there. As hard as I could look, I could see no evidence. I was amazed. Good luck John.

Mike, In 1979, a group of us got to tour the Camaro/Firebird assembly plant here in Cincinnati. One of the most interesting things I recall is seeing the workers melting in the lead where the roof met the quarters. The "iron" reminded me of the old irons that people use for door stops today. I saw one guy iron the lead so smooth, I doubt it needed anymore work for the finished product. I know that on some cars, they used bondo to fill in any imperfections after it was leaded. The lead was for strength, the bondo for a smooth finish.

James