The drums were supposedly new... 'Ill' be sure to adjust them as suggested. Thanks to all who gave me the tips; going to work on them tomorrow...

…and then you go in the driver's seat and stomp HARD on the brake pedal and repeat the adjustment until the brakes drag very lightly, then stomp HARD and repeat until there's no longer any difference before/after stomp. Then you back off the adjuster 9 notches, and then you're done adjusting that wheel's brake.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I used to just find a deserted hill and backed down it, repeatedly applying the brakes. That did the trick if the adjusters were all working. I got my old 64 Valiant Signet with the original four wheel drum brakes stopping pretty good.

'64 was the first year for automatic adjusters; the '63s were still manual.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

The following is a mostly irrelevant comment, so my apologies in advance:

This phenomenon is common on some older German cars, especially Mercedes of the '50s-'60s.
The construction of the brake hoses was such that their inner layer(s) would absorb brake fluid over time and swell, creating a restriction that would pass brake fluid at a thousand psi, but would not allow its return at drum-brake spring pressure.

Thus, if you have an old Mercedes that's been sitting a while, and it won't move (and you can't get the drums off because the shoes are pressed against them), the solution is to snip all of the brake hoses with a pair of dikes.
Or maybe loosen all of the bleeders, if you're the clever sort.

Just something to keep in the back of your mind when encountering brake problems...

- Eric