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Originally Posted by Gary WA
that is the 1989version; The 2016 states that All clamps and clamping washers were unfinished? Is that how I read it? Under Manifold mounting studs and clamps Page 5-3 Revised 2016. Also under section 1-18- Clamps-U= unfinished 2016.
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No, Gary, you are not reading it wrong, but you are not reading it right either because you are only reading part of Area 5. Read it all from the first paragraph.
The very first paragraph of the 2016 Rev. of the Restoration Guidelines, Area 5, begins with the words that are quoted by Bill Cilker above. You can put a heat-proof paint finish on the exhaust manifold, mounting clamps and muffler inlet clamps, if you want to, to help preserve it (not have it rust).
The later body text of the Restoration Guidelines documents what the finish was when these parts left the factory, unfinished, but IN THE INTEREST OF PRESERVATION (first paragraph) a black, natural or grey protective finish may be applied.
HTH.