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Wow, that’s interesting. Maybe they found that these calipers were twisting or something, and they had to add a bracket to Stiffen them up. I’ll have to look in the 1970 shop manual to see if it’s in there also.
I had a 1968 factory S code, big block car, it had brake calipers like that, I don’t recall the bracket being on there
 

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That is a flimsy piece, can't see how it stabilizes the heavy cast sliding caliper. Also can't see which heat it shields and what it guards against. 

May be it centers the caliper by pushing the caliper out a very small amount so the pads do not drag when not braking. But I had that piece missing on one of my cars for over 25 years and did not have the issue of pad dragging.

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