Which rattle can spray paint?

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Recently found rust under the mounting brackets for the rear wind deflector on my 80, so sanded those areas down to bare metal and applied some Rust Mort this afternoon. I have an empty can of Dupli-color spray paint in the correct code (045 white) but I don't think they make that color anymore and can't find anything to match locally. Anyone know what's a good brand and where to find it in a spray can?

You can see in the photos below how the rust has eaten away some metal so deciding how to fix that before painting.
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Thanks. Being the weekend I used the closest color I could find, Toyota Super White II, not a perfect match (it's a more pure white) but as most of the repair will be underneath the mounting brackets I went for it. I used JB Weld to fill in the low spots and build it up a bit, my thinking was it might strengthen the rusted out metal?? There a space under the brackets as the nutserts poke up maybe 1/16 of an inch above the sheet metal, and that space was originally filled with a double sided sticky pad of what looks and feels like neoprene rubber. That pad either held and/or trapped water leading to the rust I think. The nutserts them selves were well sealed with what feels like a rubber cement.
 

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