[Marshall V. Daut]

Thanks for the lead, "ford38v8". My friend didn't inform me that he was taking his '37 Fordor to this particular shop to re-do his brakes, or I would have warned him to go somewhere else. I only found out after the fact when my friend asked me to fix the brakes properly. Other friends have been "taken" by this clip joint with lousy mechanics. I believe they charged my friend well over $1000 to do the brakes - and they wouldn't stop worth a tiddly-boo because some moron had hooked up springs the way a pre-1937 system was designed. No way would those shoes move properly. They weren't the correct springs and there weren't enough of them. Yet, the shop released the car to my friend as "repaired" and charged him a fortune, to boot! It was a rolling death trap. The forgotten cotter pin on the brake pedal was the final act of criminal stupidity.
Should my friend need servicing or repairs that I am not able to figure out, we'll follow your suggestion.
Marshall