[FWDLK] '59 DeSoto brakes

[N/B Nichols <3nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Everyone,

I recently had an excellent shop do a complete brake job on my '59
DeSoto:  new master and wheel cylinders, new shoes and turned all legal
size drums.  The car does not have power brakes.  The car also had a bad
axle and I have a bad back, so I let them do the whole job.  It was
pricey but throwing my back out again would have been worse(thanks to
those on the list that offered me wheel cylinders but I let the shop get
them as they were doing the work).

 The brakes are 100% better, but my queston is this:  Are these
non-power brakes adequate for these cars?  The car stops very well but
the pedal seems somewhat hard.  I am used to power brakes on some of my
other ForwardLook cars, so these brakes feel inferior.  Were these
brakes problematic for these cars?  Thanks ahead of time.  Nick Nichols