Mechanical brake linkage from where?

[StanleyRegister]

Here's a bit of custom work from the '60s, adapting '46-'54 Mopar backing plates to a 1919 Stanley rear axle. The backing plate & wheel cylinder are pretty normal, but they found this great mechanical linkage that operates both shoes.

It was necessary to mount a bushing through the bottom of the backing plate, and make up some custom bellcranks. The spaced needed for the bushing required grinding the anchor end of the shoes down to a thin sliver. The left-hand "shoe guide thing" had its rivets drilled out, the curl on the end cut off, rebent so that the cut tip contacts the shoe spine, and remounted with screws - all this to allow clearance for the pivot arm of the mechanical linkage.

The mechanical linkage parts definitely look like factory items - but what factory? The only text anywhere is the number "2260 23" on one of the spreader pieces.

If anyone recognizes this linkage, I'd be much obliged if you'd let me know.

Kelly

[Larry Schramm]

The parts do not look like anything I have seen from GM from at least 1960-date