Growing up in Michigan, my dad always took me to the NSRA Nationals in Kalamazoo, Mi. One of the best shows. Good choice using Paint With Pearl. They're a good company with high quality products. I had to go with Roth metal flake for my Agent Orange build just because PWP didn't have the right color orange flake I needed. Roth is a great product too but they seem to cost more than PWP. If it was me painting the Edsel, I would lay down a maroon metallic paint for the base then the flake. It takes a lot of flake to cover a black base coat. I usually put down a similar base color as my flake, you will use less flake and it gives it a much deeper look to it. That's just from my experience from using flake over the years. Either way you go, the Edsel is going to look great.
