Among the memorabilia I received from the woman who sold me my 1962 HT Bird, was a model of the vehicle that she claims was distributed by Ford to new owners (or perhaps potential owners?).

I'm not sure where she got it but it appears to be exactly like the AMT 62 Bird I bought at the hobby shop with one exception: hers is a HT. The guy at the hobby shop said AMT never made a HT model available for general consumption.

The HT model from the woman has swing-away steering as well as wheels that work. The most interesting aspect of it is the embossed advertising on the chassis. "Aluminized" and "Longer Life" say the mufflers, "Wider Tread" says the rear axle, "8,000 miles between oils changes" says the oil pan. The undercarriage also lists things such as the "Three-phase rust protection treatment" and the "unique swing-away streeing wheel."

Although I plan to keep it, would anyone have any information on this model or know its approxiamte worth?

Just curious.

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Ron Jette
'62 Thunderbird

Just search "1962 thunderbird promo" on ebay there are 5 going right now.