30-09-2020, 08:20 PM
A special that I worked on a while ago had later Mini twin leading shoe backplates and brakes fitted; these brakes are 7" as per A7 etc. Perhaps the Girling style adjusters that these brakes have were attractive to the builder. The Mini backplates are definitely easier easier to source than 1956-62 Minor ones:
https://www.minisport.com/ms2693-mini-fr...-1984.html
When I changed the master cylinders (dual circuit) I used these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Series-2-A-Series-3-Brake-Master-Cylinder-90569126-274841/151016369304?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225114%26meid%3D8293981c6ad848e5a74db5c06c9ebd4f%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D371166152445%26itm%3D151016369304%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithDarwoV3BBEV2b&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
https://www.minisport.com/ms2693-mini-fr...-1984.html
When I changed the master cylinders (dual circuit) I used these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Series-2-A-Series-3-Brake-Master-Cylinder-90569126-274841/151016369304?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225114%26meid%3D8293981c6ad848e5a74db5c06c9ebd4f%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D371166152445%26itm%3D151016369304%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithDarwoV3BBEV2b&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851