Trucks with factory Blue

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Ensign10

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K30
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Quick color search seems to show '79, color code 26, Dark Blue WA5788. I'm surprised, that color doesn't look "dark" on the truck. Thanks for posting up the glovebox label.
 

Warkmeister

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Truck Year
1981
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K30
Engine Size
350
Here’s a pic of my ‘81 k30. Sticker reads either 23L or 23V, not sure how to interpret this. Either search lists “med blue”. Even though the paint is in terrible shape, I love the color. Someday it will get repainted in the same shade.

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Warkmeister

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Here’s the tag...also terrible shape.

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PrairieDrifter

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Suburban k10, bonanza k10, k30, k20, c10, gmc 1/2ton
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350, 350, 350, 350, 350, 350
Quick color search seems to show '79, color code 26, Dark Blue WA5788. I'm surprised, that color doesn't look "dark" on the truck. Thanks for posting up the glovebox label.
No problem, was curious to which color it actually was anyways. I personally haven’t seen very much of this color factory before, only a couple trucks and they were all in the two tone stripe never the full truck.

It is a pretty dark blue, 400 some thousand mile farm truck, was always garaged when not being used, which it got used a lot lol. So it’s somewhat faded and it is also dirty in the pictures.
 

Ensign10

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Here’s a pic of my ‘81 k30. Sticker reads either 23L or 23V, not sure how to interpret this. Either search lists “med blue”. Even though the paint is in terrible shape, I love the color. Someday it will get repainted in the same shade.

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BOOM! I think that's one of them! Assuming that we're interpreting the glovebox tag correctly, which my guess is as good as yours. Color Code 23 in 83-84-85 (estimated by the grille) is WA7154, Med Blue. I agree that it looks great on the truck.
 
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Termite_Delight

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K2500 K2500
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350 L33
This is a brighter picture of "Hawaiian Blue 23"

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Ensign10

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This is a brighter picture of "Hawaiian Blue 23"

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I really like that Hawaiian blue as well. Very classic color combination.
 

1987 GMC Jimmy

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I love this scheme from our old ‘86. I had planned to do this to mine one day, but I don’t know how it’d look with the grey interior.
 

Wiltff

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1982
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C10
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1983. No Spid in glovebox. If you want to sell the crew cab Warkmeister let me know. It would be nice to have a somewhat matching set.

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JackalopeCheyenne

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1973 Option no. 508, Catalina Blue (Dark). Maybe somebody could shed some light. Everything I found said that color blue was first used on the square bodies in 1974. As far as I know, mine was made in June 1973. Possibly the color was offered towards the transition to the newer models?
 
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Truck Year
1981
Truck Model
CHEVROLET
Engine Size
350
Changed wheels and tires...……….much better IMO

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Preston Tucker

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Jackalopechyenne my 74 k20 was catalina blue and that my pal most certantly is not it unless its just that faded! Heres some pics of mine. (no charge for the mouse nest)
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Vbb199

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89 Suburban R1500, 79 C10
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350, 502
First is my 89, and the other is my 90.

The pickup was my 84.


Lastly, not that it's really a whole truck, but It was off a 75 k10 suburban, all great colors of blue :)

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