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When my car was painted,(1932 coupe), my painter primed and painted my tag . How can I get the paint off carefully without removing the original from the fire wall.
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If you find a way let me know. My '38's Data Plate had been painted over by the PO. I tried carefully removing the paint but it was taking the original paint too. I still have the original tag but I ended up having to buy a reproduction to mount on the car. My original as it now exists is below. ![[Linked Image from i47.photobucket.com]](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Tinys1938/OEMDataPlate.jpg)
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I think that Paul is talking about the Fisher Body tag that is on the cowl. If so, the firewall can be masked off for protection and then using a very small artist's brush a small amount of paint remover can be applied a little at a time to remove the paint. It would be a long and tedious job but it can be done. If the paint is really, really fresh, then small amounts of lacquer thinner on a rag would probably work too.   
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So the firewall tag was originally unpainted?
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Thanks, Joe. One more change to make.
Stu
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