This is the first in a series of pictures to show how to refurbish a brake shoe in a early 30's car. This is also for the younger set out there that hasn't seen what makes an old car tick. This is a brake shoe. The working part of a car that has brake Drums an not Disk brakes. Another difference is that the brakes are mechanical and not hydraulic. The brakes are controlled by the movement of steel rods not liquid pressure.
This picture shows the condition of the brake shoe at the beginning of the process. If one were working on a much newer car, what makes a part go, no go, is much different. This car has a top speed of maybe 55mph.