NPD sells one, but it's oversized (twice as wide) and made of cad plated steel... originals were brass.
don't suppose you'd part with one???
Clearly listed in the factory parts list on page AAF8 Engine (Motor) -- MK2 plate reference D168. I've had a couple of MK2's in the shop.. one in the 100's and the other in the 400's.. Both cars had them.
This matches my memory. I bought my Mk II in August 1970. The title indicated it had been first sold in California in 1967 as a 1968 model. To me that indicates it was probably sold in the last half of the year, if not the last quarter. I do not recall seeing the angled adapter on its PCV valve when I bought the car, and I doubt it would have been changed out in 3 years or less.
I'd love to know where this info comes from. The factory shop manual for the 260/289 shows the brass elbow as well. All three publications (owners handbook, part lists and manual) provide instructions for dismantling and cleaning of the PCV valve. The one explanation of differing valve part numbers would appear to be possible differences in the spring tension inside the valve. The listing for the PCV hose in the Mk2 catalog shows it as sold "by the foot" which would seem to indicate a hose which is not "formed"... (straight hose)
so nothing definitive and documentary... the hose pictured it what Rick at Sunbeam Specialties sells. The parts list differs for the Mk2 in that the hose, referred to as part 6100979 is listed as "A/R" and under remarks, "order in feet". which would indicate a STRAIGHT HOSE. this is completely different from the entry for the MK1/Mk1a which has no such notation. I've got 40 years of experience in restoring British cars.. I have yet to run into multiple "Misprints" across the board in all of the publications for a specific model. Yes, I have seen running changes and a lot of "WSE" (When stock is exhausted) but nothing like what you have suggested.
Now that is vintage patina fer sure !
I'm wondering more about the engine code. There were 2 different engine batches for the Mk2. A22KK and A11KK. These were intermingled indiscriminately through the production. I think that it's possible that one batch had them (the brass elbow) and the other batch didn't. As the engine specification would have been set by Ford, then relayed to Rootes so that they could publish support materials for the new engine. Under this scenario, you would have the possibility of an unanticipated running change. As Rootes seemingly scattered the two different batches between the production, it would be difficult to track this possibility by anything but the engine batch numbers.
They were shipped from Ford fully assembled and painted. This is why there are Tower type clamps on the thermostat bypass hose. Looking at the ledgers, they were not installed in any kind of order. The Mk2 cars are almost completely random. Not only are engines in the same batch (A11KK or A22KK) installed out of order, the batches are also intermixed, seemingly at random.
