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No one has coughed up a '68 with a hydraulic 427 other than the info in the OP.
'68 was a strike year. I think a lot of plans got fubar'd, and the hydraulic 427 was one of them.
Meanwhile in '68, Tasca Ford had figured out how to put some 427 parts on a 428 and sold the idea to Ford. Voila, the less expensive than a 427 428 CJ.
Why fool with the 427 after that?
I remember going over (and over and over) the owner's manuals in our '63 Galaxie more door and '66 Country Squire, noting the 427 was sold with a 3 month, 3,000 mile warranty.
i still have this and the matching heads wish i still had the block but that wound up in the superformance cobra i built with low rise alloy heads single carb
427 block 428 crank
They must have made a fair number of those tunnel type intakes for medium riser engines. A have some friends who like to buy and sell intake manifolds as a side business, mostly for Fords and they had one of those about a year ago. They bring pretty big money probably because they work well, look very cool and they'll fit on other stuff besides a tunnel port. One of their friends has the Ford dual quad intake for a 429 CJ with carburetors and fuel log. It looks like it must be what Blue Thunder used as the pattern for their intake. That one is probably a pretty rare piece.
They must have made a fair number of those tunnel type intakes for medium riser engines. A have some friends who like to buy and sell intake manifolds as a side business, mostly for Fords and they had one of those about a year ago. They bring pretty big money probably because they work well, look very cool and they'll fit on other stuff besides a tunnel port. One of their friends has the Ford dual quad intake for a 429 CJ with carburetors and fuel log. It looks like it must be what Blue Thunder used as the pattern for their intake. That one is probably a pretty rare piece.
last one i watched on ebay sold for $4.000.00 also have a 406 tripower with the carbs off a tbird as the carbs still have the wedges under them, both rare animals today,
'64 Fairlane and '68 Cougar are just over 3000 lbs, must have been fun to keep em in a straight line.
you would have had a problem keeping your jaw in place last eve at the cruise in, bone stock ratly looking fairlane, glass fenders,doors, bubble hood glass trunk lid, big 427 flags on the fenders, dual quad high riser 4 spd OMG LOUD
The Tunnel Wedge intake works very well at upper RPM, and the Medium Riser 2x4 is also a very good intake all-around. I have a Dove Tunnel Wedge which is larger inside than the Ford one, needs a big engine or high RPM to work well. Mine also has 2" spacers and 660 carbs. My '62 406 car presently has a 427 with a 4000 converter and 5.14 gears- kinda froggy
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