Finally - things have evolved slowly, and I have not been that busy with blogging either, but at last the paint is being done just in a few days. Got a mail from Mark with some paint samples:
It is always extremely difficult to judge precisely a color through a sample picture, so I returned the following photo found somewhere on the web of a -72 1800ES in 105 Volvo Gold Metallic as my car also had initially:
After a few days I got what I waited for - Photos of the repainted body:
This looks amazing - Reassembly remains, and I am waiting for an estimate on completion.