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Yes you used lead carbonate, though more modern ones use titanium dioxide instead, as it is a lot less toxic, and more reflective as well. You just have to use a lead paint tester on the old paint to see just how much lead is in it.
it was the early 1920’s, when DuPont had begun to develop titanium dioxide. DuPont’s work was necessary because there was no suitable pigment for sprayed-on white automotive paint. All of the other white pigments (lead, lithopone and zinc, being the main ones) brought traits that made them poor choices for automotive finishes on mass production vehicles.