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Patt,

Two things.....

Thing 1: It was Italian production......  Stop lights were/are "like suggestions" as I was told by an Italian coworker outside of Rome back in the 80's.  Sequence numbers on engines may have been the same!

Thing 2: 50-ish years have passed!   There could have been a problem with your original engine and it was replaced "out of line" or not.  Like you surmise it may have just been the next one inline in the warehouse!   Could it have been replaced by a Pantera vendor that may have had a few lying around?

To take your search one notch further, focus on your casting dates.   You'll find the block, heads, intake, distributor all with dates stamped or cast into them.  The engine components should all be within 3-5 weeks of each other.  Perhaps a bit longer on the distributor as that probably came from an external vendor and not the casting (steel) line.

Compare any deltas you find with cars near yours in sequence #'s.

Roll from there!!!
Cheers!
Steve

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