Abstract: An adhesive composition for bonding together metal sheets in an extremely short time, which is an intimate mixture of (I) nylon 66, nylon 6, nylon 610, nylon 11 or nylon 12 and (II) a semicrystalline copolyamide such as a copolyamide of hexamethylene diammonium adipate, hexamethylene diammonium sebacate and 6-amino-caproic acid, in a ratio by weight of (I):(II) from 99:1 to 90:10.