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The REAL Story of the Pontiac Firebird Hood Bird! Do You Know How One Of Pontiac’s Most Iconic Styling Features Came To Be?


The REAL Story of the Pontiac Firebird Hood Bird! Do You Know How One Of Pontiac’s Most Iconic Styling Features Came To Be?

When you look at the history of iconic cars, there are always stories about design elements, the names, and sometimes the ideas behind the car in the first place. The automotive world is full of fun stories, but some of them you never really know whether to believe or not. That’s why getting the info directly from folks who did the design can be great, and sometimes those are even more fun than the ones you heard through the grapevine. So what’s the scoop on the famed hood bird that surrounds the shaker scoop on a Trans Am? Watch the video below and you’ll get the scoop.

Video Description:

The Pontiac Firebird hood bird is as famous as the car itself! Learn the REAL story of its creation from the designers at GM in the late 60s and 70s that are responsible for the notorious graphic!


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