As an addendum, I attended a small local car show yesterday. My personal favorite was a ‘55 Chevy 4 door station wagon, 2 tone white over red in what I believe was original paint. Nice wear , some primer showing through, obviously not a Wisconsin rust bucket.
When I got close to that ‘55 it became obvious that a gloss clear coat had been applied to preserve that lovely aged finish. Unfortunately it looked , to my eye , like a candy apple.
Gloss over patina just doesn’t work for me.
