I hear you on the drum brakes. My dad recently bought a ‘66 Mustang with drum brakes and they really are a different animal from modern disk brakes. It’s a fun car to drive though in large part because the driving experience is so different. Slow heavy brakes, long hood, big steering wheel, primitive chassis and handling, and a hot V8.
I remember coming home from a show one time in the Camaro with manual drum brakes and a storm hit. I had to go through a decent size puddle and after that I had zero brakes. I drove for what seemed like a mile with my foot on the brakes and gas to heat the drums up enough to get them to dry out and work.
All real luxury cars and race cars are rear wheel drive. Ever stopped to wonder why? Because FWD sucks.