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Sometimes it's hard to track down the facts on these kinds of things. But I believe you could get a ferry permit without fuel selectors. If work is being done on a plane they will give you a permit assuming you have presented a valid plan and know how to execute it properly.
I personally know of a plane that was totalled so far as insurance was concerned, but they used duct tape over bad spots in the wings, stuck on some temporarily-formed leading edges, left the gear down, etc. - and got a permit to move the aircraft to a salvage location (since the engines were still in great shape).
Given that the facts are sometimes scarce, it isn't beyond comprehension that the Utah permit was applied for on the basis of moving the aircraft with "hard-wired" aux. tanks, and then the connections were made to the wrong tanks.
Sometimes there's no way to prevent all errors in an imperfect world.
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