Aloha, my local brake "guru" used modern, **** (gasp) 4WD brakeshoes with no other modifications on my '59 Lbed fleetside Apache that carries a '58 alaskan camper weighing approx. 1000 lbs and it stops on a dime, no heating/fading or anything, very sweet, it also has hydra-vac powerbrakes but the shoes made a killer differance, i'll ask which ones they were and post it IF he'll reveal his trade secret. They really work good.
