[R-390] Paint and ID plate

[Robert N. Newberry]

I have two questions, first one is I have the front panel stripped of
paint. My plan was to go to an auto parts store to get a rattle can of
paint for the gray and one rattle can of black for the knobs. My thought
on this was that usually those colors are used on motors and
transmissions and I thought it would be a good durable finish. I figured
on using one of those white paint pens for the knobs and lettering.

Any ideas pro/cons on this?

My ID plate I am unsure what I should do. There are two problems that
are connected the major problem is that something gouged it pretty bad
and I'm worried it will look bad after all of this work and I'm
wondering is there someone who re-manufactures these? The second problem
is that it looks like MFP was applied to the data plate or this thing
has one mean coat of nicotine, which my nose hasn't detected. I've
noticed pics of peoples rebuilds and the data plate has a nice
metallic/black look to them and mine is yellowy/black. I imagine
cleaning it is easy, but if I could get another data plate pretty easy
then I'd like to do that. If its going to be a problem I guess I will
have to live with the gouge.

Thank you
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