A tailored blank article having a lead-in opening structure, which is free from water leakage even through a lead-in opening is located at a step formed on one surface of the tailored blank article consisting of two metal plates with different thicknesses butt-welded together. The lead-in opening structure includes a recessed portion formed in the stepped surface of the tailored blank article along a peripheral edge of the opening, a sealing material filled in the recessed portion to undergo leveling of the peripheral edge of the opening including the step, and a seal plate covering the sealing material and attached to the tailored blank article.
A vehicle front body structure includes an upper member extending from the lower end of a front pillar in a forward direction of a vehicle body and disposed outward a front side frame in a transverse direction of the vehicle body. The upper member has a substantially rectilinear configuration and is arranged to slope upward in a rearward direction of the vehicle body so that a load applied to a front end portion of the upper member can be born by the front pillar.
