Non self adjusting rear drum brakes on a Dart?

Whoa. Those definitely aren’t self adjusting. They look the same as the tapered axle brakes that came on the pre-65 stuff here. But after that they all had self adjusters here in the US anyway. Not sure what they did on the Brazilian stuff.

Those brakes take a fine touch, the shoes have to have good engagement to the drums. There was a tool used to check the arc of the shoes to match the drums. Then you had to adjust them manually until you had them where you wanted them. And then adjust them manually again every 1,000 miles for wear I think is what the manual said. A royal pain.