[51woodie]

I installed a set of Boling Brothers "Lincoln" brakes on the '46 last year, and was disappointed with the performance of the brakes. I pulled the drums after several hundred miles, and saw that the contact area of each shoe was only about 50-60% of the lining length. Old school brake shops are not easy to find to have the shoes arced, so like Sod Buster, I measured and sanded the high spots to get a better contact pattern. I was surprised at the variance in the thickness of the lining material, and they were certainly not arced to fit a 12" drum. So far, the brake effort has improved, but I will pull the drums again at a later date to see how successful my job was.