Ray, he is running Bendix brakes. If the new shoes don't fit the old drums, new drums will fix that.
No need for arc grinding shoes (nor bloviating about differences in opinions about the risk of lung cancer with airborne asbestos).
Carl
Hi Carl.
I've got pretty late model Ford drums and shoes on the 8" Ford rear axle in my '32 Ford roadster street rod and it really benefited from arc grinding the linings to perfectly fit the drums. The way arc grinding has been explained to me is that it gives a brake job perfect. full shoe to drum contact immediately. The roadster also really benefited from swapping the parts store "organic" front discs and rear shoes to old school asbestos. As Fred points out asbestos friction is still readily available.
Ray,
Congratulations on your absolutely off topic successes.
The OP has Bendix brakes. New Bendix drums are available and inexpensive, new shoes fit new drums perfectly, therefore no arc grinding is required. The Bendix brake systems design is very effective in stopping power even without asbestos.
Carl
