An Olds mechanic noticed a bracket on my Rochester quadrajet that isn't usually found on a 1970 Cutlass. Anyone know exactly what purpose this bracket serves?

odd bracket.JPG side view of bracket.JPG

 

By the way, this car has cruise control which can be partially seen to right on the 1st pic.

 

Any more guesses?

 

If cruise control on a '70 is like that on a '69, the bracket doesn't have anything to do with it. My '69 has factory cruise control and that bracket is not there. Have you confirmed that the carburetor is indeed a 1970 model year production carb?

Randy C.

 

Clearly that is a retaining bracket for a Flux Capacitor assembly.

 

It's the bracket for a vacuum powered air horn generator.

 

Interesting; thanks Bluevista.

You've peaked my curiosity even further. Do you (or anyone else) know if GM offered a vacuum powered air horn generator in the early 70's? If not i wonder if it was for an aftermarket generator for a different time period.

Incidently, the carb is stamped as 7040250 with a date code inline with the car build date.

 

i have a NOS vacuum pump for a horn of some kind. i never could figure out what it fit by the part number. do you have any more information on these horns?