Question for the Experienced Body and Paint Guys

I totally understand the desire for a period correct paint job...heck that's all I did back in the late 70's and early 80's. If that's the route you want to take, all the more power to you but...you might want to check the tech sheets and see what the recoat window for a clear is and be ready to change you mind if you run into problems with it. What I mean by that is lets say the texture is just not right (too much orange peel for example) and you realize it will need to be cut and buffed, but doing so may cut through the film thickness. Well, a simple fix would be to clear over it with say 3 coats or so and cut and buff that. Not the "look" you wanted but better than completely reshooting the car. So I would plan for the worse, know where to get the clear and all the additives needed, and plan for the time to purchase and shoot them...within the reshoot window which may be just a few hours. Go beyond that window and you have just made a ton of work for yourself. I have made just about every mistake in the book and the fix is sometimes EXTREMELY painful so make things easy on yourself. Single stage is WAY harder to achieve than 2 stage.