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Is there anything different from one brake shoe to the other? Hard to tell by the pic but if one pad seems longer than the other I'd put the longer one on the back..
In your first photo the lower shoes are the primary (front) shoes. They have less brake lining material. The second picture is the secondary (rear) shoes.
Those two additional holes don't do anything. According to the genuine Ford parts manual the part number is the same for both the front and the rear. Additionally there are no other components included for one side but not the other. Just keep the ones with the 7 holes on one side and the ones with the 5 holes on the other in case there are minute differences...basically don't interchange them. But which side you put each on won't matter at all.
Here's a screen shot of the model "C" brake set up for the 1948 F1 through 1956 F100.
Those two additional holes don't do anything. According to the genuine Ford parts manual the part number is the same for both the front and the rear. Additionally there are no other components included for one side but not the other. Just keep the ones with the 7 holes on one side and the ones with the 5 holes on the other in case there are minute differences...basically don't interchange them. But which side you put each on won't matter at all.
Here's a screen shot of the model "C" brake set up for the 1948 F1 through 1956 F100.
1948 to 1956 Ford F1 F100 Brake Shoes
I'm curious - is that pic showing the right or left side of the truck?
They're symmetrical. I originally said this was passenger side but I second-guessed that notion.
The brake adjustment screw (part #2041) has a geared wheel on it that is designed to catch on say a screwdriver to adjust the brake shoe position against the drum once the brakes are assembled. That small gear is to the left in this picture so it aligns with the hole in the brake plate (part #2211/2212 right/left rear and 2012/2013 right/left front). The brake plates are left hand and right hand so when installed correctly those holes switch which direction they face: i.e. towards the front of the truck of towards the rear of the truck. On mine that hole is towards the rear on the passenger side and towards the front on the driver's side. But regardless when working on the brakes, meaning you're facing the brakes, that adjustment screw "gear" always faces to the left.
What Calvin said. They're all standard Bendix brake parts used for half a century or more. Those parts are all readily available new locally. Many of them could probably be found in the "HELP" package rack.
