all carb parts are plated or cast from metal that doesn't take paint well, painted would be an owners attempt at 'pretty' - if you want a pristine looking example, either get a new/reman carb from a store or take your parts to a plating shop .... but expect to clean it every few hundred miles to keep it that way wink

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics