question for 82-83 vintage reissue Fullerton Bass experts

[tim]

Hey there...normally I hang out on the amp maintenance forum but I have a question that's been dogging me for years and maybe someone here can answer it. About 10 years ago, I bought for dirtcheap (you don't want to know) a Fender Vintage reissue bass with a late 82 body and an early 83 neck...It is supposed to be a copy of a '62 P-bass (see pic)...I bought it from the original owner. My understanding is that the 59 came with the anodized gold pickguard and the 62 came with the tortoise shell. The one I have (and the owner said he bought it new like this), has the gold guard on it. I contacted Fender and they said It's possible that it may have been made like this at Fullerton as they were making some crazy combinations during this time.
My question is, what do you experts think? Is this original or did the owner forget that he may have put on a gold pickguard later in the basses life?

[tim]

also...didn't the 59 RI have 10 screws and the 62 had 13? This one has 10 and no extra holes under the guard...this bass has confused me for years...luckily, it plays like a dream...