Seeking advice on repaint

I have completely stripped out my ‘65 Classic 660 4-door for full in & out repaint.   I want the car to look like it did when it was new in 1965. I am told at that time, cars were painted with lead-based Enamel paint which is no longer available for health / environmental reasons. My current options are: Enamel (with no lead), Acrylic-Enamel, Urethane, and Base-coat/Clear-coat.   What I don’t want is the car to have a glossy look like I see at so many car shows; I just doesn’t look right to me. I wasn’t around in the 50’s and 60’s, but I can tell from old photos that cars were not that glossy looking when they were new. I have the paint chips from PPG so that the colors will be correct.

Once this project is complete, I will do the same with my '68 Rebel 770 4-door.

Thanks

The acrylic enamel that the factory used did not have a hardener in it so it cured at least partially by solvent loss. AMC used ovens to bake the paint and speed the solvent loss. Nowadays acrylic typically is formulated for use with a hardener which speeds the " drying" so it reduces the window for damage to fresh paint from dust or bugs. It is also more durable. I would go with acrylic enamel or single stage urethane for a factory look and do not sand and buff the finished paint. If you look at videos of the AMC paint line at the body plant you see that the guns put out a lot of paint and the painters really had to move quickly but they got really good flow out ( if that is a proper term) with minimal runs. Joe