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Old 05-05-2021, 01:20 PM   #9
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Re: 1959 got bigger brakes... since when?

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Originally Posted by 1project2many View Post
That's a cool ad! Definitely looks like a GM product.

I decided to blow an evening digging through old GM parts books on gmpartswiki.

Glad you did, really interesting! I also noticed that some parts suppliers were listing brake shoes for 55-58, so that confirms it. I've never had to do drums on a 59 until now, so this is timely info indeed.

I also suspect that it was just easier to use one brake shoe part # instead of two, and the marketing boys just spun it as an enhancement.
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