My 71 was built in June of 71. Arrived Port of LA. Was not sold until July of 72 in St. Louis. I can only assume there were plenty of logistics problems in the early days of these cars coming to America, fixes being forced by Ford, etc. I believe Serialization and Release are part of importing a foreign vehicle and getting it into the US "system".
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