Good to see the Mahari coming back to life.

Good way to remove old Paint ist a strong Heather Fan and a spatula

Nice progress Seppo , I like the way you get on with stuff and get the job done.

@SeasideGarage

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Thanks! hope all is well with your fleet!

You can remove paint from abs plastic with oven cleaner. The oven cleaner must contain sodium hydroxide. You can also use dot 3 or 4 brake fluid. I used these products on an abs plastic grille for a 1st gen Honda Civic to remove paint and it works. It's slow but it saves you from sanding or damaging the plastic.

@SeasideGarage

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Uh I will try that one! thanks!

Iv'e been following a bloke on youtube for a few years and amongst other things he does he is restoring a Land Rover and he has had his chassis galvanised as well , he is a very interesting person to watch Seppo , he is Maximus Iron thumper I think you would enjoy watchimg his stuff.

Hey there Seaside, it’s probably been round the clock a time or two looking 👀 at those bearings lol 😂, can’t wait for the running videos of the wee Mahari.😊

Hi Seppo, loved the video,you've inspired me to buy another old 2cv project and I have already started the work .I love these A series

@SeasideGarage

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LOVLEY! :D You wont regret it! its a nice car to work on...

Being only 5 digits usually, the Odometer on an A-type can easily go round a few times, depending on how often it's rebuilt (or engine-swapped!), that and from fiddling with a couple of speedos I have, they're easy to reset to zeros of so desired (not desired really!!!!)... :)

In relation to the paint removal Seppo, the abs plastic is the same used in plastic model remote control cars. I’ve used nitromors paint stripper to remove paint on a Tamiya Baja bug beetle without issue. I’d try a bit on the inside of the bodywork as an experiment rather than doing it on the outside visible bodywork. Best of luck with it.

@SeasideGarage

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That sounds promising!

I think your Mehari can still be a pretty low miles car, I have a 2CV with 130000 kilometers and it had bad bearings at 90000 km already. 😊

@SeasideGarage

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Interesting! I guess you wont notice it unless you take them apart?

@citromec

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@@SeasideGarage the front ones gets bad from braking, that's why they're getting bad at the front part of the bearings. They're gone if the front suspension goes back up after a stop kinda jerky, you won't feel it just by rocking the front up and down when parked. 😊

Something I heard about years ago for removing paint from plastic was to soak it in brake fluid. Apparently it won't affect the plastic. I have never tried it, so I don't know if this is actually true.

@SeasideGarage

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Should try that one!

Du skal have fat i HP på HC Farver i Randers, de sælger Motip Paint Remover, det dur… hils fra mig!

@SeasideGarage

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Det må jeg undersøge! :D Tak

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