Radiator -to paint or not to paint - that is the question

[Jim M]

Pardon the pun, but I am putting a new radiator shield on my 29 Roadster and when I hung it on to see how it will look my first impression was the shield looks great but the radiator looks bad. I have no idea how old the radiator is and it works great but shows it's age. I would like to paint it (black??) but don't know how much this will change it's effect. It is now located in Rhode Island but it will be moving with us to Florida in the near future. This is also a concern to me. So I am looking for comment, ideas etc for what I should do. I have always been a strong proponent of "if it ain't broke - don't fix it" but that is in direct conflict with wanting to make it look better. Thanks in advance for all your comments. Jim