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I probably have those sheets too. PPG is the company I called. Thing is with paint, you want to use something friendly and familiar. Would you know if they just picked something close? Or they actually cross matched an old formula to new paint? Are they going to make it in lacquer or basecoat or alkyd enamel? Any shop with a mixing bench has "all colors too". While using glasurit, they updated the tints and formulas 3 times, I don't even know what they are on now. But, every time they do, the old paints don't exactly match perfect. They always assume tinting to make a "match". BTW, Ins Co's do not pay to match paint.
You have to know what kind of paint you want to use also. This subject is way too deep for discussion here. But trust me, what I wrote above is your best bet. I don't know what town you are in, but there has to be a jobber near you. I am partial to PPG, It is by far the best all around paint. I would use single stage deltron acrylic urethane on it. Reason, it is less expensive, easy to use, and does not need clear top coat, and is very durable. A pint will do engine bay. Generally $50 for the pint, add for hardener and reducer. It mixes 1:1:.5 there is a less costly version of ppg called shopline, almost half the price. I've been using the base and it's good stuff.
The last paint on earth I would ever use it dupont, it's awful stuff. Paint doesn't know what car it's on, if you pick a vw color it will look like a Volvo color. I have all my color charts and formulas put away so i can't reference anything. I do have ppg and glasurit software here, maybe diamont too, I think it's on the glasurit disc as they are all under the basf banner. Anyway, the software will reference a chip if you need to go out and match it to the car.
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