Cleaning up engine bay for paint questions

I should have done that with mine but I was in too big of a hurry to hear the thing run. My thought was I will be taking the engine out in a year or two to paint the car so I will paint it body color then. In the meantime, gloss black is better than rust. That was 12 years ago.

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Where's your wiper motor?! Can I get rid of mine too?! Or replace it with an under dash unit? (My bushings went anyway and only 1 is currently working)