Originally Posted by
orcas island
Was it common practice for shops to sell such seemingly over-large frames to customers back in the day?
Yup. That's the year I bought my PX-10, and it was a 25 inch frame, as I remember. Not that I needed the biggest one they had, at six feet tall but, that what I got, and it worked just fine.
Really nice find. I'm not sure I'd use a pressure washer. Maybe, at a lower output if possible. The white paint on those old Peugeots wasn't the greatest to start with and it might come off with the grey. I think I might try lacquer thinner, as Odd Job suggested. Usually, the old, original paint is aged and cured to the point that it is quite impervious to solvents, but the top layer, not having adhered all that well, might come off without too much trouble.