On some cars it's the offset of the brake shoe surface.
On some car's it's the size difference in shoes front to rear.
my Falcon uses 4 identical drums on the 4 lug system with the 7.25 rear end but the rears are different from the fronts on on a full size Ford of the same year and many later also.
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