Hiya.
The 82 Stratocaster had a four bolt neck and smaller head. I only ever saw them in sienna sunburst and cherry sunburst with rosewood boards. I believe they were a limited run/end of the line model, before they started making the Standard and Elites in 83.
Like you say, he got it right first time, apart from the rocking point on the trem being in the wrong place. The problem is/was that the quality control at Fender was non-existent from day one, not a result of CBS - the first Hank Marvin/Cliff Richard Strat is a good example, poor pickups/sound, colour was wrong - it would be a reject these days, Eric Clapton's 'Blackie' had to be cobbled together from half a dozen guitars to make a decent guitar. Don't forget, it cost ten weeks wages for one in 63. It speaks volumes that both players don't even own either guitar preferring modern post-90/brand new Fenders.
There are some spectacular 50 and 60s Fenders, but they were the exception, not the rule. The designs were brilliant, the workmanship wasn't always so.