if he doesn't find your thread, try sending a pm to member hooverfish, he's sold some very nice caps he's restored..
sorry Larry to sell you out, but you do great work
now my novice advice would be to start off with one good sample or at least some high resolution pictures of one..
most of the cap is bare in original form so I would avoid mechanical stripping or you'll be buffing until Christmas..
chemical paint strippers should declare metals they're compatible with on the packaging...
Larry can tell you the exact color codes for the black spoke pattern and blue bowtie..
all I remember is the 73 up bowtie is ochre like my first longhorn so I left them
good luck!