No, it's 6225 R 2 3 26. The spacing matters.
6: 1976-model engine.
225: Displacement
R: Regular-fuel/Passenger car engine
2 3 26: Fun with inconsistent date and line codes. Could mean the 26th engine assembled on February 3, 1976. Could mean line № 2, engine built on March 26th.
Of note, there is no "E" in your engine's stamping. That means it was made before the change to cast crankshafts in Slant-6 engines, which happened before the end of 1976-model production.
Note that if your Lancer has an automatic transmission, you need the 1/8" spacer ring to take up the gap between the early ('67-down) small torque converter nose and the late ('68-up) large crankshaft counterbore. Everything will bolt up without the spacer, but transmission front pump bushing and seal wear will be rapid. This spacer is frequently left out because people don't know it has to be there and everything seems to go together OK.
First, use the right words. The
breather is on your valve cover. The
air cleaner sits atop the carburetor. You don't actually need an air cleaner with a fitting for a hose to run to the breather. You can leave the breather's port open to the atmosphere -- that's how it was done originally on your '62, and on all engines until '64 (California) '68 (50-state/Canada). However, if you wish to duct the crankcase breather to the air cleaner, and you're running a 1-barrel carburetor and want an original-looking air cleaner, then the one to seek is a '64-'69 item, 11" diameter, no snorkel, and with the breather hose nipple.
The valve cover on your engine is a '70-'80 item, apparently chromed. That's fine. Whether or not you duct the breather to the air cleaner, the PCV valve gets a hose that runs to your carburetor's PCV port.
There should be no such connection. In your engine bay I see only the lines that were meant to be there: the fuel line from the fuel pump (upgrade this with the
Fuel line mod), the PCV valve just discussed, the vacuum advance hose that will connect the carburetor to the distributor, and the vacuum feed for the heater/defogger, which attaches to a vacuum nipple screwed into the rearmost intake manifold runner.
Please show us your carburetor from several angles.
No.
In California and New York, mandatorily yes. Everywhere else, optionally. Standard equipment outside CA and NY was a road draft tube extending from the valve cover to under the car. However, Slant-6 road draft tubes are compatible only with '60-'65 valve covers.
This will not work.