It was used on all 340's with the factory double roller timing chain. I've never seen them on another factory setup. Of course we motorheads saw this and added the holley bolt and double roller to every engine we put together.
I ran across this thread the other day while searching for something else. It got me curious so I went out and checked and my 273 has 4 solid bolts(unless the hole is completely slugded up)and the plate doesn't appear to have a groove. thoughts?