i was thinking, and ive had alot of NOS parts throughout the years and i cant think of when brackets were included, everything is ala carte.
but, these red/black bakolite water valves come with brackets.
had me thinking why.
best guess is because they were to replace the 1 piece valve used on 1970 cars maybe????
i wish someone could find an original 1970 road test of a e-body with air conditioning to show for sure
or even 1 of those old school videos
Thats what I was thinking, in the 75-80 time period I changed a lot of those leaky valves and the bracket was always in the box. Have to dig, have an old nos red valve here, and the metal one off the 1971, and a pair of the moulded heater hoses for a charger in a box here somewhere.
