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I wonder if your 10/73 build date isn't a typo. That s/n should be one of the rather rare 571 transition Panteras between pre-L and L, built July-Dec 1972. The affected S/Ns were 4269-4840. Our #4366 (built Sept '72) is such, and had L bumpers & outside-fill fuel with the outer panels in the engine compartment to match but an early screen-only central engine cover. The air cleaner pointed at #8 cylinder with the heat stove attached to that position on the headers rather than at #1, the fuse box is next to the passenger's ankles while the relays are near the driver's ankles, it has a 2-pod dash... the full list of 50+ changes is in the TSBs. Ours had most but not all of them.

On schematics, of the 3 known for '71-'76s (not counting the '81-up wide-bodies or the Pantera SI varients, both of which are different), I've worked on many Panteras and have yet to find one that perfectly matched ANY published schematic. What we do is buy the schematic with a published date closest to our car's build date, then we annotate it as we find changes. And I count my blessings: a friend with two Bizzarinis has one built with all-white wires... Welcome to the wonderful world of limited-production Italian sports cars!