rat or not to rat

If I was going to do a cheap paint on the 65 wagon. If you are going to spray bomb it then spray it with semi-flat or gloss black...it'll protect the vechicle better and after a while it will look flat anyway. If the present paint job is okay...it'll probably be better than a rattle can paint job. The wheels I do something besides red...either black or somthing that matches the interior. Run some dog dish. A crappy looking car looks like a crappy looking old car. If you must paint the chrome....I really wouldn't paint the stainless....a little polishing goes a long way. You could paint the chrome with a silver or chrome paint and it won't look 'murdered' out as some gansta wannabes would call it.
Old cars need to look classy or the look crappy. :)