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The old paint codes were set up for either lacquer or enamel paints and are obsolete. Your best bet is to find a patch of original color on the car. The inside of the glove box door, firewall, or other surface that has been shielded from the sun and/weather can be used by a good shop to duplicate the color. They use an instrument that "reads" the sample and can produce a nearly perfect match. We use a modern color/clear coat finish on our cars. If properly done, will retain that "new" look for years.
 
Check with you local auto paint / body shop supplier. In Elizabethtown Ky it's "Gipe Auto Color". They provide the body shops around with al the supplies they need. They had the codes for my 42 Ford
 
An eyeball match is the best way but you have to have an experienced professional doing the mixing. Sometimes you get lucky and a color closely matches an available color for modern vehicles. A good paint shop is the best place to start. They will have the available color chips for the products they sell. I've heard both good and bad stories on the TCP global matches and it's hard to take it back if they aren't local. Sometimes you just have to settle for best available and sometimes you get lucky. I know how the old timers felt now. I've seen enough paint stuff go by the way side in my years to know that nothing is permanent or easy and research to get it right takes a lot of time and effort.
 
Roanoke Green Poly= PPG Code 40860, Everglade Green= PPG 40894 according to the "American Automobile Paint Code Interchange Manual".
 
I had 2 local paint stores try to match Everglade green. They both tried several times and failed. I ended up using '91 Jaguar Brooklands green.
 
Have painted 3 cars with TCP global single stage. I'm not that picky so I sprayed whatever they sent and am happy with the results. Run out and getting some more that matches from them has been hit or miss but that is with any paint store? If you want them to match to your spray out card they charge $60 extra. Order 2x as much paint as you expect to use so as not to run out. The paint is inexpensive so ordering 2x as much is not expensive.

I believe they are scanning color samples like any other paint shop. I see their advantage is they have scanned color formulas for most antique car factory colors and their single stage urethane paint is only $150 a gallon plus $50 for hardener. For $150 you get a quart of PPG.
 
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