Been there, done that with plenty of vintage bodies and it's hard to find something guaranteed to take off the paint and not damage the body.
The only stuff I've found that's more or less safe is nitro fuel, but it can still react a little with some bodies and usually isn't that good at removing the paint so take a lot of work.
The one thing I would avoid is brake fluid, I have never known a body I have used it on have no damage. An example, I painted a bike fairing for a 1/5th bike, made a mistake so used brake fluid to strip the area so I could repaint. Wiped on and rubbed, then immediately washed off and cleaned so I could repaint it. Body didn't cloud over, but it was made brittle and cracked in the treated area after a meeting. Shoe gooed together, the rest of the fairing lasted the whole season without cracking.
I have tried 'polycarbonate safe' paint and graffiti removers on various bodies. Any of them will work on some bodies but will also attack others, and there isn't any consistency to it so some will work okay on one body while another will attack it, while they would work the other way round on other bodies. The De-Solv-It remover looked good for just about anything until it attacked a vintage Losi shell.
Delta Activator and Eliminator. Which you use depends on what the paint is, so a bit of trial and error. Bodies can be left soaking in it without any damage.
Many recommend Carson Paint Killer. Lots of people have had good results with it but I've never tried it.
Whatever you choose, with a rare vintage body make sure you test on a small area first.
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