An authenticity question-1960 chassis/suspension

[JoeKarasinski]

I'm cleaning up the parts from the front and rear suspensions on the car and I assumed I should paint every thing black but now I'm not sure. I can't find any trace of paint on the spindles or tie rods, idler arm or pitman arm. So the question is, what do I do? If there are parts that are supposed to be bare I guess I can paint them grey like the exhaust manifolds. Any ideas on what the rear axel and control arms should be? I'm thinking from what I see the hardware that holds the brake and fuel lines and what not are going to be yellowzinc but I'd love to hear what everyone thinks.

Thank you!

[n2caddies]

On my 60 I cleaned those parts with acetone and sprayed them with a satin clear to keep them from rusting. Eastwood also makes some high solid content spray paints that replicate cast iron finishes that works very well. If you do nothing as I did on my 59 that parts will rust.
Randy

[JoeKarasinski]

Does anyone know what color the shocks were in 1960? The ones I took off are ACDelco and they are black but I don't know if they were original.