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Interesting I was looking at those myself, a couple of sets on Ebay. How are they? If I’m reading it right, the 1952 Brown Brothers lists those for Endrick rims. I don’t know how sloped towards the hub Endrick rims are, never had any. Do the blocks sit square?
I have some #282 which are for GB in that catalogue but they feel pretty pretty hard and slippery. Can’t imagine they’ll stop anything.
AFAIK the earlier GB Hidiminium shoes are wider at around 41mm, the GB 66 are 36mm. [I asked a while back in here for tips on how to cut brake blocks :D I have some red Fibrax (for alloy rims) that I need to cut for Lytaloy shoes. I’m thinking fine hacksaw.]
I think you just need to buy a few sets and if they don’t fit throw them in the parts bin! There’s a cheap set of #269 on Ebay right now.
Edit - that was a reply to @7ven’s post.
Edit #2 - I meant to upload this pic, sorry had a couple of medicinal brandies. I might be reading it wrong and it probably doesn’t matter if I’m not!
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