With Caddy fins I would suggest "Aztec Red" from the El Dorado. I had a '47 Ford Convt painted that color back in the '50s and it pulls the eyes out of your head! Since then I have had another car (MG midget) painted with DuPont acrylic and I tried to get the Aztec Red again but I ended up with a sort of "burnt orange" but it was really glossy. I commend you on being brave enough to admit you have a Ph.D. in the midst of all this practical experience. Alas I have wasted my career on Physical Chemistry and Quantum Mechanics as a Professor with a Ph.D. in Chemistry, but it helps little here since I am a novice with the SBC technology but I appreciate access to expertise here. Is there a thread with some history of this site, ie how it got started? Anyway take a look at the color chart for El Dorado Aztec Red, I think it is the "hottest" red in a plain color, and definitely goes with Caddy fins!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder