Front Brake Shoe Width 2.25" vs 2.56"?

No they will rub the small bolt drum on the early cars. In 73 they had a finned drum that was small bolt . The wider shoes will work on them. One year only. 74 they were all Big bolt disc.
I know, I'm nit picking, but, just to clarify....In 1973, you could get 9", 10" and disc brakes. The 9" brakes in 1973 were unique. Starting in the '74 model year, the 9" brakes were discontinued. After that it was either 10" drum or disc. All the '73-6 A-bodies with drums have the small bolt pattern. All the '73-6 A-bodies with disc brakes have the large bolt pattern. The '73-6 A-body upper control arms were all the same regardless of which brakes it came with. There always seems to be a bit of confusion about that.