<VV> Early Front Brake Drums

[Jim]

Does anyone know why the front brake drums on early model cars are riveted to the hub?  What would happen if you drilled out the rivets so the drums were demountable like on the late models?  I’ve always wondered about this whenever I do work or check the brakes on my early models.

Jim Bartasevich

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers