I like it! I just painted a '69 Charger with Claret Red, another dark red MOPAR color. It's close to what you have here, but probably a couple shades different.
As far as doing crazy things with a vintage model.....
AMT '67 Cougar, with '68 Mustang fastback grafted in. The Cougar was a gluebomb, and the Mustang was a more recent kit.
Very sharp! The stance looks like what I remember on the real ones. The color doesn't look any different from the '78 that I owned. What a blast that truck was! Mine had the black bucket seat interior, and no A/C!
Well done on this TOP SHELF build!