how come i dont see any thirdgens with the hood bird? here are some pics of my car before i ripped it apart and sent it to the body shop.....i had the bird on mine and it was a BITCH to remove...i had to aircraft remove the whole hood.




im pretty sure my bird was stock, so like i said, where are all the birds?

 

Hood 'birds are in the minority, because after 86 or 86, Pontiac didn't put them on anymore.

Any pics of your 'bird, post-paint yet?

 

not yet it is still in the shop...i do have a "during" thread called my 85 ta bodywork thread and there you can see what i found removing the gfx....good news is i do not need any more body parts. they have all they need now im just waitin for my buddy to finish it

 

You going original color? Color change? Custom/2-tone? Putting the 'bird back on?

 

the bodyman and i agreed that it will look best in that silver on top....one color all over and maybe add a lil somthing to the paint to make it standout from the original. but the idea is to make it as close to original as possible so it doesn't look odd when you open the doors or hood. and im thinkin im not going to want the bird back on there.

 

1987 was the last year they put the bird on the hood. My 87 GTA had to on the hood stock.

Also this book says it was 1987. http://www.amazon.com/Firebird-Trans...4141790&sr=1-2

 

I've never seen a GTA with the 'bird on the hood....stock.....ever.

 

I tossed one on mine to break up the solid white... It's alot of white hood. If I was sportin' the T/A hood like Brycek, I probably wouldn't have chosen to put it on. No, it's not stock. *surprise*

 

Brycek,You had the same bird I had.It looks solid.Anyone have any idea were to find this style?The outlined bird is also correct for my 85 but I would love to find this style.I am waiting to get my car painted before the weather gets to cool.

 

wouldn't this be the correct kit?
https://www.paddockparts.com/Paddock...69F6E810AB7EBE

 

I think its a kit they buy from pheonix grafics.all thr birds I see are the outlined style.Yours is a solid sticker correct?Mine was but I am unable to find one like it.

 

affirmative....mine was a solid sticker, so theyre hard to find?

 

Heres what mine looked like just badly faded.I am also keeping my car stock looking just kickn it up a notch. I suck at this just ckeck my album I just added and u will see the hood.

 

It's more of a seventies thing. it went out of style with second gens, really. i'd say thats why you rarely see it and ppl don't put them back on nowadays.

 

I think they went out of style because they changed from a nice fearce bird to a weird screaming chicken looking thing... I hate the 3rd gen hood bird, the 2nd gen is what its about.

 

Your birds are back in the 70's and early 80's. I am not a fan of them.

 

I always thought the birds were pretty cool...

 

The bird on the hood of my 87 GTA was the 3rd gen bird, not the 70s style.

 

I have a custom bird on my 84 TA. I went with the different colors becaues of the white car. All the exterior birds are like this, the inside are solid gold or gold outline.

 

i like your bird and front bumper, larry