Leave the original paint and enjoy the car. If you decide to return the car to Winter Park livery I would still try to leave the original paint if removal of the current livery will allow you to do so. There are NOW and will be in the FUTURE LOTS of restored SSP Mustangs but very few original paint cars of any official livery.
I am at that crossroads with the EVOC car. John had to paint the car given the poor condition of the original paint. The rest of the car is in very good condition or will clean and be very nice. Perfect no, but very nice!
I have decided at this point that I will "preserve" the car rather than "restore" the car. That means heavy cleaning and detailing, not a spray can rebuild! I will be recovering the package tray and rear seat belts retractor covers since the felt has sun faded however all the seats, carpet door panels, headliner and rest of the interior will remain original. I will be cleaning and detailing the engine compartment and undercarriage but not repainting. The EVOC still has all the spring tags and other markings that magically appeared after pressure washing. I will run original General XP Pursuit tires with the NOS rims that came with the car. Since I now have lots of 10 holes I will refinish another set with new high performance aftermarket tires for extended street driving or track events.
I would give this decision of whether to paint the car very careful consideration before I jumped at painting the car. If you are not happy with the current condition of the car then by all means paint. It's your car and YOU need to be the one that's happy and to Hell with the rest of us and our opinions.
I find the idea of potentially returning the car to Winter Park livery to be interesting. However Winter Park would have to VERY different and unique, as most "local" jurdictions have very blaw, plain or down right UGLY looking livery packages. I would certainly not "back up" and make the car much more plain if the Winter Park package is plain. The current livery of your car is very neat and unique.
Given the current prices at which you can buy a superb/restored SSP car versus what it will cost to paint your current car, I would go shop for another SSP that meets your standards and buy another car. A proper paint job for your car will cost $5,000 or more. Then consider what you have originally paid for your car and the paint decision is hard to justify. Why not go spend $15,000 for the nicest restored SSP you can find. Yes, you will spend $10,000extra over what you would spend for a paint job on your currentl car but also have 2 superb SSP cars instead of one SSP that's STILL all apart in BODY SHOP PRISON!!!!!!
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