making a paint decision

Well in my case the car is a 68 fastback. It is a vintage drag car build.
I definitely want the car to have a paint job that looks like something that would have been done back in the late 60s or early 70s.
At the same time I really don't want to copy someone else's car or especially not a famous race car.
I have a good understanding of the paint tricks used back then and remember seeing a lot of it as a kid.
My dad owned a Sinclair station back then and it was next door to a body shop that regularly did some neat work on the hotrods in town here.
So by the time I was in high school I had done some custom painting on some of mine and some friends cars.
I feel this car I am building now will be a good candidate
to use some of the old paint tricks again.
I have a pretty good idea how I will do the job but having a
tough time choosing the colors.
I will likely have my dads Sinclair station lettered
on the car and perhaps a name as most race cars were named back then.
I have collected some vintage contingency decals also.