There's a rather nasty section of rust bubbling up on the rear offside
wheel-arch on my escort. (1994).

My dad's a welder, and is going to weld a replacement section of steel over
the top. The biggest dilemma however will be getting a good paint match.

It's a metallic dark red, so my questions are these:

1. Any ideas what sort of paint would be on the car from manufacture? i.e.
Two pack or acrylic

2. Any tips/sources of close matching paints for this kind of task?

Cheers.