That classic blue

[Slow Loris]

Doing a little paint work…

My 521’s tailgate and bed match paint. Bed is a ‘70 or later. Thinking original paint (it was over sprayed and I just removed the layer on top revealing this)

 

My hood and cab is 563 Asian blue, but the bed was swapped on, so sticker is no help.  
 

But what color is this (seems pretty common on 521’s…):

 

 

 

Just good old blue?

[bilzbobaggins]

Wish i could help with color but what method didyou use to remove top layer?

 

[Slow Loris]

No worries. I’m thinking it’s gotta be 567.

 

I used citristrip paint stripper which is relatively gentle compared to other strippers. Left that on for about 45 minutes under a trash bag. Then I took a red scotch brite and scrubbed away until I saw blue. Rinsed it all clean and gave it a little pass with 1500 grit to clean up the residual haze. Could pretty much repeat the scrubbing and sanding forever getting all the residual old paint off…

 

They obviously had just shot the top coat right onto the original paint—I think that helped a lot getting it off. But I could see it peeking through on the corners so I knew it was under there just waiting to come out!