Svörin frá Phil
Yes, the car was built as an export vehicle. The DSO on the door tag will be 90 or in the range of 90 – 99. This indicates that the car is intended for export, and the kilo dash was installed as well as the correct calibrated speedo drive gear in the transmission.
There are not many known examples of exported cars. And it is hard to get information on those we know about because they are physically located far from here, and usually the owners are not as informed as to the details of the correct configuration.
Another example of an exported car with unique features is a Cougar in South America with a low-compression 302 engine. This was necessary because of the poor quality fuel they had there at the time.
Phil