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You just need to buy modern holders and then fit whatever pads you like
This is obviously the correct answer, and the R55C3 shoes (BR-6700 and many others) in silver will be a good match for those old 5500 era calipers - in fact, cartridge shoes were OE and those one piece pads are what somebody has replaced them with later in life.
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You just need to buy modern holders and then fit whatever pads you like. The first few options here should be ok:
https://www.koolstop.eu/catalog/rim-brakes-pads/holders/
(The holders aren’t brand specific, so you could also get them elsewhere and use koolstop pads)