I just purchased shoes, clips, springs and slaves for all 4 corners of my 38 Chev PU. (*Ironically cost almost the same as the truck sold for in 38!!!!)
I was considering media blasting the inside of the backing plates, and connecting arms(?) to remove scale and nastiness. Did the originals have any type of paint or rust inhibitor coating?
I was thinking of shooting them with some flat black but if there was an original color or coating I would prefer doing something that held true to the OEM spec.
Thanks.....
~JH