1967 350 engine, #s matching, all original, and I'm going for the original/factory look.
I just pulled my engine, so now is a good time to refurbish and restore my engine components. One of the items is the stock exhaust manifolds. I'll replace the studs (which were incredibly easy to remove -- so surprising), but I was wondering about the manifolds themselves. Right now, they look like a typical exhaust manifold from virtually any car older than about 3 years. A bit dirty with the reddish surface rust on them.
Should I
- Do nothing. Just get new studs, gaskets, and then reinstall as-is
- Have them sand-blasted, but do nothing else
- Have them sand-blasted and then painted/coated to look perpetually silver/natural metal
- Something else?
