To paint or not to paint?

Gonna lift the cuda off the k frame to pull 4speed and bell housing , to fix freeze plugs and check everything out. Cuda is b5 blue. Thinking just painting top and inner fenders. Car will get a complete resto in a couple years. Other projects to complete before this one. Just want to enjoy driving a not perfect car on the exterior for a while. Was this red paint correct on engine in 69. 340 console 4 speed car. Washed engine bay and yard drove it today. First time for me and first time in 4 years. Hard as it may be, not going to tear it completely apart. Or fix mechanically and put back together and drive the wheels off it until resto time. What do you guys think