[Chrysler300] Need modern PPG code for 1957 "Gauguin Red"" paint

["Ray Melton rfmelton@xxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, fellow COVID shut-ins -

The marginally competent and minimally cooperative PPG paint distributor 
here in the nearby city (El Paso, TX) is unable to mix up some Gauguin 
Red (Chrysler code "P") touch-up paint for my 1957 300C.   I even 
brought them a can with some (hardened and useless) paint left over from 
when my late father had the car painted in 1975 - The can was labeled 
"Ditzler" with a code of DQE 70693 and had a generous drip on the 
outside that showed the color. Internet search shows that the old 
Ditzler code corresponds directly to PPG code 70693, but the local 
dealer says that number only leads them to an obsolete industrial enamel 
formulation which they cannot translate into their modern chemistry.   
The PPG guy basically threw up his hands and said, "Sorry, can't help 
you with that number; just bring the car down so we can scan it with our 
computer."   That's a 100-mile trip I don't care to make, and risk 
exposing the car to the traffic and drivers there in El Paso. They also 
wanted to give me grief for insisting on a single-stage paint, touting 
the superior super-glossy base/clear systems now in favor - they 
couldn't understand why anyone would want that old formulation and are 
obviously not attuned to the vintage car restoration market, whatsoever!

Can anyone help these guys at PPG translate that old number into their 
modern system, perhaps with detailed formulation, such as 3.2 red; 0.1 
yellow; .5 black, etc.?  I'm looking for a single-stage enamel, and I 
think I heard the PPG guy say "Omnicolor".    My painter wants to stay 
with PPG because he's familiar with all the thinners and hardeners, 
drying times, temperature/humidity adjustments, etc., so doesn't want to 
go to a different brand of paint.  This is for a small area touch-up, so 
I don't need much.

Any specific ideas would be appreciated.

Ray Melton       Las Cruces, NM      1957 300C cvt white/Gauguin  s/n 
3N572517




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