Anamorphic motion project file into FCP

I created a 16:9 project in motion - 720x480, pixel aspect ratio NTSC D1/DV anamorphic. When I bring it into FCP I want it to fill the screen. I tried the following sequence settings with the following results:
720x480 NTSC CCIR 601 anamorphic 16:9 - I got a pillarbox
640x480 NTSC CCIR 601 anamorphic 16:9 - narrower pillarbox
720x540 NTSC CCIR 601 anamorphic 16:9 - windowbox
I know if I check anamorphic in the browser I can get it to fit, but what about when it is a motion template? It doesn't appear in the browser.

Thanks. I still find myself having to go into motion and delete the distort settings. Can you confirm my workflow? I'm creating approximately 400 templates, so I'd like to do this correctly the first time (actually the tenth).
I would like to create 16:9 templates which can be used with either 16:9 or 4:3 footage in a FCP timeline. Point being, I don't want to create 400 16:9 templates, and 400 4:3 templates. My plan is to use 16:9 sequences for everything and then letterbox it in DVDSP, so that it will show up either way.
I have fades, or wipes to black at the end of every template, so I don't have to worry about odd dissolves into mismatched frame sizes.
Is there a custom sequence setting I should be using in FCP to get around having to click anamorphic every time? I would like to be able to simply drop in the motion template without any further tweaking.

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