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jazzed
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:31 pm    Post subject: OG Brake Shoes? Reply with quote

Just pulled the front shoes off my '61. The vehicle has 95,000 miles on it and the lining was down to the metal (in some places) on both shoes. My bus was/is sealing wax red from the factory and I noticed that the shoes matched the exterior paint. Could these be original shoes? If so, they certainly lasted awhile.
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They could have been re-riveted.
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good thought, but I checked the painted surface and the rivets still have paint matching the rest of the paint on the back side of the shoes. Too bad no one rivets brake shoes anymore; I'll feel bad about tossing the originals (though they'll more likely than not wind up under my house with all the other old useless stuff I hate to part with).
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why and how would they have gotten oversprayed? Rivets have come back and in some places they won't do bonding anymore. They could have been original. I've seen several minimal breaking people go that far depending on the vehicle.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt those are original. Maybe the previous owner repainted them when he repainted your bus. Our local brake place has no problem riveting shoes.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just can't imagine that anyone would have taken the time to do a good paint job on brake shoes, although I suppose it's possible they were changing the brakes when it was painted, BUT I know it was painted for the first time less than 10,000 miles ago and those shoes are way too worn. Then again, it's also hard to imagine the factory bothering to paint the shoes the same color as the body. The mystery continues.
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