I agree that you should set it up the way you want and properly done conversions to other original color combinations shouldn't materially hurt values short of really big value cars.
However changing an interior color is a big job; seats, seat backs, headrests, door and quarter panels, armrests, dashpad, dash bezel, dash board (metal part), cowl (requires removing windshield), ashtray and glove box, rear view mirror, sunvisors, pillar pads, windlace, kick panels, rug, console, steering column and maybe seat belts and steering wheel. Lots of work and if not done properly you will be dealing with peeling bits of red vinyl paint forever.
If originality isn't paramount to you maybe Interceptors idea is good, like a factory parchment interior you could do just the side trim panels and seats in red and leave the rest black. The factory did this with red interiors in the 70's and later.
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