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@DONALD CAVISTON
Don---I believe I have the answer to your question.  My VS was built in Hawaiian Gardens, CA in 2008 so it is about the same year as yours so I believe we both have the same paint color.  The paint is acrylic enamel which is very easy to touch up and is named  Linen Cream.  As I remember, Chrlsler used tis paint in the 70's   I get compliments on the beautiful color all the time.  The Chrysler number is AY69SY1 and you can buy it in small c 1/2 fl oz containers or an aerosol from Automotive Touchup Co.--just Google it for a phone number.  The color match is   perfect---I have used it down the years and it is easy to work with. I only have used the 1/2 oz containers ---they come with a brush in the bottle cap but I prefer much finer brushes that  I buy separately.

Next, consider buying a touch up kit from a company named Langka which consists of a pre-paint liquid to prep the spot you are going to touch up and a sealer for when it is dry.  It also contains something called a "Blob Eliminator"  which you use to make the paint repair the exact same level as the original paint surrounding the repair.  Inexpensive and a miracle.  You just put paint into the chip and it can be just a blob to totally cver the spot.  After it dries you take a piece of material that is supplied, wrap it around a credit card size piece of plastic and rum the dried blob like you were compounding it until the paint is in the formerly paint chip space matches the surrounding original paint.

I have repaired many, many paint chips--some the size of a quarter with this method and my Speedster always looks like it was freshly painted.  I even repaired a rather large gouge in one of the fiberglass bumpers by using several paint coats until the gouge was filled.  The repair  is invisible now.



Good luck, Don.

Last edited by Theron
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