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Started rebuilding the cargo bike, having a lovely time tbh.
It's been identified as a Nanyang Ali Baba special, with Babboe denying its existence:
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/front-loading-cargo-ebike-cargo-bike_1600294819363.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normal_offer.d_title.245d362fmK5wDf&s=p
The frame was very rusty, so I started stripping that back with a wire brush on a drill, and treated it with Vactan which luckily cures black. I stripped the forks of their rust, nasty decals and chrome finish with combo a flap disc on the angle grinder and gave them a coat of etch primer (yes of course I sprayed it too hurriedly and created runs), followed by matte black. Slowly it's coming back together with everything being cleaned & greased along the way.
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