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Originally Posted by jack wingard
the biggest improvement you can make is cast iron drums
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correct! i got my Margarethe from the Netherlands (no hills) and where i live we do have some hills, not the Alps but nethertheless. I threw out the old tine drums and swapped them against cast iron drums with new brake shoes, just the front, with brake equalizers. Totally different car. Now i can brake a second and third time going downhill whereas before the second trial always resulted in additional braking with the emergency brake.
Next winter i will also swap the rear drum brakes, but that's not a high priority. I don't need more capability in the brakes...