“Maybe you got one of those.”
You may be right. I’m scrolling through the pdf smokingfrog linked, and I have yet to see the model.
I did a little online research. Those guitars I was thinking of were made in the early 90s, not the 80s. They had a black Fender logo rather than gold, and are often called “black label Fenders”, though not all Fenders with black logos from that series. Details here...
“The guitars from that very “Squier Series” are official and genuine Fender guitars like any mexican made Fender guitar regardless, and if you have a mexican made Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster or Precision Bass with a black label and a serial number beginning with MN3, MN4, MN5, MN6, MN7 or MN8, you have a genuine Fender guitar – with or without a small “Squier Series” label.”