All good, but a matching numbers block in a Pantera is not akin to other marques.
The engine number on a Pantera was assigned by De Tomaso and is just hand stamped on the rear of the block with varying degrees of quality. Unfortunately there is no correlation or record to actual Ford engine number that I know of.
Julian
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