Need help from the paint pros
what brand of paint should i use and i want to save the most i can but i really want a good paint job on this car
You have a few choices on paint to work with that will give you a good basecoat and clear option while saving on the pocketbook. PPG's Omni and Shopline products have a full range of primers, bases, and clears. The Shopline seems to lay in a bit better than Omni as far as the basecoats go. As far as clears I've had success with Transtar in the past. Seems to hold up well, and flows pretty good.
From the photos this looks like GM's Cardinal red, which is a solid color, no metallics, which means you can get by with a single stage in either Omni or Shopline also, saving yourself the cost of the clear and another painting step.
As for stripping the car, I've done it all ways: chemical strippers, mechanically with the DA, media blasting on low pressure. If you feel like chemically stripping, but don't want to paint the jambs and such you'll need to mask those areas with a
good (3M or American Tape PG27) masking tape, and a few layers of it to keep any stripper off the paint you don't want to strip. And make sure you keep it off the top!