A good possibility that a European delivery order came in and a car was pulled from the production line and painted to order. I believe De Tomaso handled all the European sales and Ford was not involved.
Not sure what Info George has to suggest it was in the US at some point, but the taillights are most definitely the Euro amber not all red US.
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