I am trying to identify the the year and model of car that this air cleaner came from. The patina on the chrome lid seems to match the body and thus they appear to be a matching set. Is this from a Pantera? And if so, what year? Otherwise, which Ford did this come from?
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deniscCaretaker of 8MA1244 '70 Euro Mangusta DRIVE THEM, THEY WERE MEANT TO BE DRIVEN, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ONE, BUY A POSTER!
The FoMoCo part number is usually printed in yellow on the snorkel. The bowl is somewhat standard, and the snorkel is unique to a specific car/ engine combo. There were at least 2 variations on the Pantera air cleaner. Early design had the snorkle pointing forward, The later version pointing rearward.
That helped. The snorkel is printed with D3SF 9D626 AB LB. A Mustang website indicates that D3xx is 1973. Since it has a chrome lid perhaps it is from a 1973 Pantera. When I browsed 1973 Mustang units they all had blue lids.
I say yes, it is Pantera. Rear facing snorkel.
Guys,
"D3Sx" indicates that this is "intended first application" as 1973 Thunderbird (S). For the snorkel only. The entire "assembly" would have yet a different part number assigned to it.
It is facing the right direction for a regular car. Note the tin formations in the center hole where the front casting of the carb would orient it properly. Pantera would or could have the snorkle at the 11:00 position using the same picture as reference. Depends on the year......
This style, with the "auxiliary air inlet" on the RH side in the pic (driver side when installed) was used on 71-73 GT/CJ 351C's even perhaps Boss if not ram air. There could be d teeny tiny date stamped into the aux air unit somewhere.....
The bowl could have a date stamped into it....and maybe not......kinda touch and go with that style of bowl as it fit a BAZILLION different cars and trucks.......and got a hole punched in the side for the aux AIR inlet when needed.
CJ's and GT's could get either a chrome or a painted lid.......usually chrome.
SO, the most that the stamped numbers can tell you, as indicated, is that this was from something mid to late 1972 and upwards.
Later Panteras had all sorts of crazy snorkel locations plus other pieces that may have picked air up from lower towards the chassis, and then there were shields that appeared around the aux air inlet to perhaps give "more calm" air into the air cleaner??? But the early 71-72 Panteras seemed to have just plain ol' car air cleaners to my knowledge......but I don't know everything...... yet....! 
Steve
