1967 Ford Thunderbird Displayed At Abercrombie And Fitch Store Heading To Auction

The Ford Thunderbird has been out of production for quite a few years now, but prior to that, it lived across multiple generations spanning decades. The now-iconic model remains a hot commodity on the collector car circuit as well, with examples from pretty much every T-Bird generation selling for increasingly large sums as of late. As such, we’ve seen our fair share of cool examples surface for sale over the years, but this 1967 Ford Thunderbird has a pretty interesting history that comes along with it.

This 1967 Ford Thunderbird is set to be auctioned off at Mecum’s upcoming 2025 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania sale later this month, and it’s a nice enough piece on its own accord. However, what makes this T-Bird extra special is the fact that it was one of just five ordered by retailer Abercrombie & Fitch from Dearborn Steel Tubing Company back in 1967. Those five models were used as store display pieces in the company’s sporting goods locations in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, and Palm Beach.

Each of those five 1967 Ford Thunderbird models reportedly cost around $15,000 to build, thanks to a bevy of unique features. Those include Special Apollo Blue Metallic paint, a Blue Metallic vinyl roof with a gold anodized T-Bird grille emblem and landau C-pillar bars, Quartz iodine fog lamps, front side-cornering lights, whitewall tires, color-keyed simulated mag wheel covers, and gold-anodized Thunderbird script on the rear quarter windows.

Inside, one will find a Special Dark Blue leather interior with a power sunroof, power reclining front seats with power head and footrests, a custom center console with a “safety-convenience” control panel, a telephone, a Philco television, fold-down tables in the rear portion of the front seat backs, a rear seat package tray, dual adjustable reading lamps, walnut console accents, and an engraved Apollo nameplate.

Of the five Apollo T-Birds built, this is the only one of that bunch packing a 390 cubic-inch V8 underhood – the rest were equipped with the 428 V8, mated to a column-shifted automatic transmission. This example is also believed to be one of just three that still exist, and as such, we certainly expect it to conjure up plenty of interest when it crosses the auction block in a few days.