Vintage Stroller Renovation: 3 Ways to Remove Rust from the Chassis and Wheels

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In this video we continue our restoration of a Retro Simo Buggy, focusing on rust removal. We demonstrate three different techniques for dealing with: surface rust and discoloration, a medium degree of rust (where thicker patches have begun to spread), and deep rust (where the rust has burrowed well beneath the upper chrome level of the metal).

[@cmdk]

Nice work on the “chassis”! (Pronounced cha-see or if you’re in Great Britain you may here them say “sha-see”)
I had the chassis of my 1970’s Perego pram done and new tires put on for a small fortune. There was no way I could have restored it like the professional craftsman at Macklems prams in Toronto. I don’t think there is anyone in Canada now who can restore a pram like he did. He’d reupholster them and create perfect hoods and aprons from authentic fabrics and hardware. Can’t wait to see how your turns out!

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

Awesome! This is an older video, so no new footage on the stroller coming unfortunately. But always happy to have a good vintage restoration business mentioned in the comments. Thanks for sharing. :)

[@shortliner68]

Thank you for producing this video. As a stroller and pram collector I run across the rust and caulking a lot. The Simo Classic is a beautiful pram. I don't have a Classic but have three Simo Nordic Cruisers in my collection along with several Emmaljungas which do have the chrome chassis and wheels.

[@memmitube460]

Thanks for useful info!

[@stephanie8fawn]

How you removed the wheel

[@tristancliffe]

Interesting pronunciation of chassis. The final s is silent.

[@jackiehegarty1323]

Chasis - lol. It's pronounced shasay

[@stephenmckeown5975]

Chassissss?

[@numashaz12]

I got the rust off of mine with coke cola and steel wool, it came up better than yours lol