[TR] Triumph GT6 Rear Brakes

[Joao Simoes]

Hi all,  have been part of this list for a while but have not written much. My thinks to Paul Tegler for some insight on my topic today.

I have a 1973 GT6 chassis I am restoring onto which I will bolt on a 1978 Spitfire tub.

Being a late GT6, it has the swing spring rear suspension and an apparently rare rear auto adjusting drum brake. In British Leyland’s infinite wisdom, nothing is mentioned about this in the shop manual and I am missing critical components such as a little ‘H’ shaped part, the self adjusting linkage and the actual adjuster, a threaded bolt like part and a ‘nut’ with teeth that allow the adjuster linkage to adjust the shoes.

I now have new drums, wheel cylinders and all hardware except for the adjusters, linkage and ‘H’.

Can anyone comment on my options below?

1- Is anyone aware of either someone wiling to sell or part with the missing parts I need? Maybe a rear axle assembly or such?

2- Is there any other car with similar parts I can use or adapt?

3- Were I to give up, I would like to keep the wider drums and shoes I already have, could these be used if I reverted to the earlier GT6’s or Spitfire's backing plates, manually adjusted assemblies and wheel cylinders or would I have to use those earlier drums and shoes too? (I am assuming these would be the MK1 GT6, since the MK3 and early MK3 are rotoflex). 

4- Any other ideas I have not thought of?

Thanks for any help you can provide.