Improving tie-down on an old roof

The Duffman was helping me put up another Roof-Extenda bracket and starting the beam for the fly-over roof on the carport yesterday and I asked him if the old connection Rafter to Top-plate was strong enough for the expected increase in maximum gust speed due that increasing rapidly.
After 60+ years the original skew nails are pretty much rusted away.
I went to Bunnys and got a few of the Pryda brackets but now I'm wondering if 1 is enough on each rafter or should I use one on each side?
Also I just found a piece of braceply just deep enough to cover the old lintel which while huge [ 12 inch by 2 inch ] it's only Oregon and has splits running almost the full length now and replacement really isn't an option
My thought was that the section of braceply would be better than the extra brackets if I used a decent flexible glue as well as connecting nails


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