Pedal Return Springs
Bee's springs - replaced clutch, almost certainly an original on the brake:

Vee's springs - almost certainly original:

If anything it's Vee's clutch pedal spring that seems to be bending rather than straight, and hooked through the clutch pedal the other way compared to Bees. Both of those came with the car 30 years ago, but were disconnected and refitted when I stripped the engine compartment for painting.

Bee's broken clutch spring (the second one), the fracture well away from the marks showing the pivot-point:

Contrary to what you may think the springs do not pull the pedals back to a pedal stop as with the accelerator pedal, it's the master cylinder that determines where they sit when at rest - pads level here:

I say 'level' but the brake pad here is slightly lower than the clutch pad which may well be the effect of a shim between the brake master and the pedal frame.

The master cylinder push-rods come back as far as a circlip, after that it is the position of the clevis pin and holes in the push-rods and pedals that set the pedal pad position:

Removing the clevis pin the pedals can come back quite a bit further - about the diameter of the clevis pin holes ...:

... which puts the pedal pad about an inch higher than before. This time it is the edge of the hole in the bulkhead through which the pedals pass that determines how far the spring can put it back: