<VV> Brake shoes

[Sebastian Denault]

Continuing the brake job on my '65 Corsa coupe, I decided that it could use 
a new set of brake shoes. I went to the local auto supply store (Schuck's) 
and started out with the front shoes. They asked what type of car, I replied 
"1965 Chevrolet Corvair," and then they asked if it was turbo or not. Mine 
is a turbo, so my reply reflected this fact, and the sales associate 
returned with a box of brake shoes which I took home and installed without 
any problems. I didn't think that the fact that my car was turbocharged 
would make a difference, since Clark's sells the same brake shoes for all 
years of car regardless of whether they're turbo. However when I returned a 
few days later for the rear shoes and requested the ones for the same 
vehicle, they handed me a box of shoes that were completely incorrect for my 
car. They were enormous and didn't have provisions for attaching the 
emergency brake lever. I returned them because I figured they had just 
grabbed the wrong set, but they informed me that these were the correct 
shoes listed! Has this ever happened to anyone else? Did it make a 
difference that I said it was turbo?

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