Success! But not without some hassles!

Ground the wheel cylinder hump, 2 smacks with the maul and all is well. Bolted the new cylinder in place and began assembling the brake shoes...

Sumpin aint right here...

Turns out the online parts store sold me a 13 in drum [correct] and 12 in shoes. Something screwy in their catalog system, even after I go back there is no way to find out what size drum the shoes are meant for.

Ran up to the old school parts store where the counters are lined with paper catalogs, got the right shoes and paid dearly for them!

All I need now is a set of 8 hub centered lug nuts!

Overall, not too bad a job, having never worked on a floating axle set-up, not gonna bat an eye at doing the other side!