Please Note:
Many used items in our picture(s) have been cleaned and/or bead blasted prior to being photographed to show condition and detail. The item you receive, in most circumstances, will be pulled from the donor car and shipped to you without being cleaned. We do not retake pictures each time a used item sells. Pictures are a good indicator of what you will receive, but not all used parts age the same. On high dollar parts, email us and we can send a few pictures of the actual part available.
"Core" Items: If we use the word "Core" in the title of the product, the item has been deemed rebuildable, but has not been rebuilt. The item you receive, in most circumstances, will be pulled from the donor car and shipped to you without being cleaned.
This product has received the 'Crappy Product' certificate.
Items that receive the 'Crappy Product' certificate are products that we carry for comparison purposes as they are often the version offered by other vendors or because it is the only version available. We would not be willing to use these parts on our own cars, and we do not recommend purchasing these parts.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT RETURNS FOR THESE PARTS.
Product Condition Grades
Below is a general description of what the criteria is for our product condition grades. These are generalizations that are intended to give you an idea of the condition of the product at a quick glance. Because different parts degrade at different rates, there are variances in what the letters represent, please see the products description for details about the condition of any particular product.
A = Excellent / Above Average
B = Average / Some flaws / Good to Excellent Driver Quality
C = Obvious flaws / Poor to Average Driver Quality
D, E, F = Worse, Worser, Worsest
The W code Cougar 427 GTE used these heads on a side oiler rotating assembly with a hydraulic cam and Medium Riser aluminum intake - the so called "PI" C7AE version. 427 cylinder heads that have the J's have provision for 14 bolt exhaust manifolds. Low Riser 427 heads use 2.09" / 1.66" valves. Included is a set of machined used valves (16 total)
The C8AE-6090-J heads were also used on the prototype 50 Mustang fastbacks used at the 1968 Winter Nationals - the so - called "135 series" 428CJ cars. The C8AE-Js were replaced in early calendar 1968 by the more common C80E-6090-N heads on production 428CJs and later Cougar 427 GT-Es with the W code 427. The change appears to have been in January 1968, the earliest C80E-N heads are January 68 castings while the latest C8AE-J heads are December 1967 castings.
These have been mag checked and both are cast 7H26, August 26, 1967. The actual casting date is inside the valley, which when installed is under the valve cover. Bare heads as shown, with used valves.
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WCCC is a buyer of used and NOS hard to find 67-73 Mercury Cougar parts. Usually we give an in store credit of 50% of our web price for parts delivered in hand or by carrier to our Brooks, Oregon location. If you're not interested in store credit, just shoot us an email and we will let you know if it's is something we can pay cash for. We do not send cash for parts in advance but we often can compensate you within hours of receiving the goods.
Sometimes a 50% wholesale bid will not be enough to entice you to sell. It never hurts to ask if we can up our bid! If it is an in demand item that we have requests for we often can pay more. Just email us if you have questions or want to share pictures.