any good body shop should be able to handle it. check around; some of the hot rod body shops here in L.A. are always matching older paint jobs and repairs- you may also want to hit your old paint with clay-magic before hand.
The paint shops have digitial paint scanners. they "look" at the paint and tell the shop what color the paint is NOW...regardless of what color it was when applied
SO your faded tan can be matched with a mix to match the fade on the rest of the vehicle...or right on the fender that is damaged..Having said that...I had it done on a old school bus painted tan years ago...I reallly didn't care that much but the guy at the paint store did the scan for me..in some places on the bus it was perfect..on other surfaces it was not a match..just depended on the varible fade on different parts of the bus...
I called a company in, well I don't remember where. Just one second, let me go look. The Company is called: etouchup.com and the color code is: J5-7921 Code 464, it is Beige for the 1976-1984 cruiser. It's also a Sherwin Williams Automotive Finish.
The formula is as follows for 1/2 pint paint can.
RO# Color Amount
U7080 White 164.1
F5Y93 Yellow 210.1
U7081 Black 230.9
V6V175 Mix Drier 242.1
U7086 D Orange 245.4
You can also get in in a spray can.
And it comes with smaller plastic jars to put the left over paint in as well as applicator brushes. I was very pleased. The first batch I ordered from this company, I let sit to long without ever using it and it dried out. I called the company and told them what I had done and they replaced my entire order for free. 1/2 pint can and one spray can was about $30-$40. Can't really remember. Hope this helps.
How did the applications match up with the original paint that I am sure is faded? I am painting an entire fender and the rest of the truck is original paint that is in great shape.
I want to have it match as much as possible so that I can postpone painting the entire thing a couple of years.
As far as the pinstriping goes the only way you're going to make it look half decent is to strip all of it and start over (IMHO) The other stripping will be faded and there is no way to match it like there is with paint
Surprisingly enough, the cheapie body shops (Earl Shibe and Maaco) will paint any panel for about $200 and they color match pretty darn good. I had them color match my original 60 paint when I had the entire truck painted and I can't even see the difference in the door jambs (old paint) to the new paint.
As far as the pin striping id concerned, I'd just redo the side that needs redoing from scratch. You won't even notice that the other side is different. The paint I had mixed is great, I love that it matches very well.
Bummer about the pinstriping. I really adds a lot to the original paint on my truck.
Any ideas on how to remove the pinstriping without damaging the paint underneath? How could I reproduce the pinstriping for the entire truck if I removed it?
careful w/the cheapie shops. when I bought my truck 6 yrs ago paint matched all around. 3 yrs later doors started fading faster than other body parts due to replacement/respray.
No, I didn't Carfax till after I got the cruiser: wanted it too bad to wait! Later I found out about 3 different accidents involving all doors but drivers
The paint I had mixed was a damn good match, I was impressed. As far as Earl shister. I have a 1972 chevelle Malibu that's been in my family from day one. It was Olive Drab and being a Marine, I loved it but it was really faded with the roof and hood starting to show signs of rusting. Took it to ES where they told me they could not match the colour and preceeded to paint it some metalic green combination. I took it there because I don't have the $3000-$7000 to have it done right at this time. At least the body is now protected.
My paint (beige) was from the factory original and still holds a good shine. 
