when i remember right the 68 Ford Performance 2x4 MR Setup for 427FE have a decal instead of the checker flag chicken
on top of the 2x4 oval air cleaner. It looks a little home made, but was the way they go in 68.
Anyone have a picture of these setup with this sticker/ decal?
Thank you
Joerg
How dare you sir to call that magnificent bird a chicken, LOL
I don’t remember any 68 ford having a 427 engine except the Cougar, and any before that year with 2X4 was blank or had the Bird as part of the emblem. Now that I think about it maybe the Torino had one.
Just found this. not even torino.
According to his most recent book, Mustang By The Numbers 1967-1973, Marti found that Ford indeed made W-Code Cougar GTEs, but that not a single W-Code record exists in Ford data for ANY 1968 427 Mustangs. The same goes for the W-Code 1968 Fairlanes, Cyclones and Torinos that were also mentioned in catalogs and owners manuals. (And yes, it’s true that the December 1967 issue of SuperStock magazine featured a factory “427 Torino GT” – but to this day no one can explain if that particular car was a Ford prototype or possibly just wearing 427 badges while a 390 still lurked underhood.)
Vic has the oval one on his race cat. I can’t seem to find pic of the motor. Maybe someone or Vic can post it!
OK, here’s how not to mount the oval air cleaner
I worked at a Ford dealer in Texas in the fall of 67 as the 68 line came out. My brother was wanting a new car and i talked him into ordering a new Torino 2dr hardtop with the “W” code 427 and of course C6 automatic and I believe 3:90 limited slip. It was only about $3600. Shortly after ordering it, Ford went on strike, which lasted, I believe, until Feb 68. He cancelled the order, and of course no Torino 427’s were built. By the time the strike was over the 428 was the new big block Ford. I never under stood why the Cougar got the “W” 427 and not the Mustang. They were made on the same assembly lines.
^^^ A lot of people don’t understand why the Cougar got the W code 427 and the Mustang didn’t - especially the Mustang and Shelby enthusiasts 
There have been several long threads about this over at the SAAC Forum.
The consensus is that it had something to do with Mercury’s intention to race the Cougar with the 427 and the homologation papers that were filed.
After 1966, for the 1967 model year, there was no decal or emblem at all on the 2x4 lid. Original lids were not drilled to accept the 3 pin emblem. These lids have the “lines” in the lid that would fit a 427 emblem, it just never got one!
All this is moot as you are doing your own thing. I’m just providing what I believe to be production facts.
Ford was only interested in building enough 427 powered vehicles to meet the homolugation requirement of 500 cars. They were in a quandary, in that they needed to price the engine low enough to sell at least 500 and high enough to avoid completely losing their shirt. You may think of Ford as being too big to matter but in this case the loss was being charged to the racing budget, a much smaller bucket of money. If they put the engine in the Mustang it would have to have been priced higher than the $1300 that it added to the Cougar sticker. Recall that the standard engine in the Cougar was V8 and in the Mustang it was a 200 cubic inch 6 with a much cheaper transmission and driveline. The up-charge would have had to be much higher. The Mustang GT package was also much less than the Cougar GT package since the Cougar came with a 390 and the Mustang with a 289. If there were a Mustang GT-E with a 427 it would have need to sell for about the same money as the Cougar, which would have made it appear to incredibly over priced. When they put the 427 in full size Fords they were already starting out with an expensive and profitable car. The base Mustang was barely more than a Falcon, price wise. From an engineering standpoint they had reservations about putting the 427 in anything built for street use. The small 600 cfm carb, hydraulic cam and restrictive exhaust all helped tame the beast, but Cougars longer wheel base might also have helped keep it pointed in the right direction.