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I found a CocaCola truck. It was painted over at some point by a previous owner. The decales seem in reasonable condition. Is there a method to try and remove the added paint and hope to save the original?

I have made replacement decales on a vinyl printer, and bought it thinking i would make over. But looking at it, considering its age, it might be worth trying to save it first. I can always strip to the metal and repaint.

Hi someone must have loved it, leave it as it is Pete.

The chemicals that will remove the over painting will damage the decals. Pretty much, your options are to leave as is or strip it down and restore it. Lesney made these by the boat load so your not going to ruin the last example of this model.