question for you resto experts

I am pretty sure that Chrysler back in the days painted the distributor. During my restoration I have examined a lot of unrestored cars and they all have painted distributors. What I have found out is that Chrysler mounted the distributor prior to paint. The cables were added before the paint even had dried. I have paint splots on the ignition cables. I have in my shop four Prestolite distributiors and they have all been painted. This is how my distributor looked before I started to restore it.

The last picture is how it looked on the engine block. Evidence of paint.