parking brake brackets

[imming1965]

I'm pretty sure these brackets for the parking brake cables are supposed to be phosphate and oil but I wanted to make sure/ or are they supposed to be plated?

[Coralsnake]

Usually bare steel

[S412gofast]

https://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=15226.msg94985#msg94985

[Bob Gaines]

Usually bare steel

I agree. Service parts are zinc silver.

[Bob Gaines]

If you phosphate them to be more maintenance friendly,do them lightly which is zinc phosphate and only cooked for a shorter time just enough to get some phosphate grit to stick. That is what holds the oil. Not the dark manganese phosphate.