Sounds like you have the standrad motors as fitted to early Pantera's, I'm not aware of a change. The modern swap should still work on your later car, the mounting holes have to be redrilled anyway.
Be aware there are a couple variants on the swap with different orientation of the motor, one being far more compact than the other making the install back into the door far easier.
Julian
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