57 Drum brake update pt.1

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After stripping off the front drums some weeks ago as part of determining why I was pulling so badly (into oncoming traffic!), I rebuilt the front wheels and hubs to stock. All went well but the vendor I used (one of the most popular) supplies a Chinese left wheel cyl and an Italian right wheel cylinder. Neither fit as cleanly as I would have liked as the Italian unit has a slightly square mounting boss and the Chinese unit has overly-large rubber boot seals that get pinched by the piston retainers. The completed RF wheel with the Italian unit is shown here. Note that the original 1957 drums were still in place, riveted to the hubs. New drums are sold without rivet holes so now I will run with a composite hub - a much better feature anyways.