What's up with this brace?

fishy68 said
The problem is the drivers side brace is for a newer block and you have an older block. They changed the pad location in the mid 70's. Not positive but I think it was 74 when they changed

Hi Tracy! ding ding ding. Thank you for validating that for us.
That's what we were thinking.

Guess, I'll be on the look out for an early style brace.