"Bright copper metallic" maybe?

[A-drain]

"Ford dessert TAN metallic"

[DerekTheGreat]

Your car is over 30 years old. The paint will never match or look the same. Amount of coats, primer/sealer color all will make the color look different as well.

This.. Plus organic pigments such as reds and blues are the worst in terms of color retention. Whites & blacks are the best. Seeing as your car has faded that means lots of sun exposure. You could indeed have the code wrong, so another check would be to take out the rear seat or pull back some of the carpeting in the trunk and compare the color there against the sample you have, don't always trust the door jambs. At this point it's best to evaluate the point & value of the car to you. My opinion is that you respray the whole car, otherwise you're going to end up with two types of paint chemistry on there and they're not going to fade the same way. Sikkens, PPG, DuPont or BASF are all solid suppliers IMO since those guys supply the OEMS.

[A-drain]

see the difference

[87gtVIC]

I'll say that is the incorrect paint color.

[DerekTheGreat]

I'll say that is the incorrect paint color.

+1

[jim]

Let us know if you find the code closer to the car's color. I'm thinking about that color for the sides of my white mgm, with tan interior, for a two tone effect like I've seen on a few cv's.