I pulled out the "glovebox" of my 82 S/E and in the panel behind the glovebox there was a BIRD stamped. i went to my friends house and pulled off his 87 glovebox ..but there was no bird ..
What you say .. have any f you found this hidden bird ?
why did Gm stamped a bird behind the Glovebox? (i guess it was an option)
Thanks

 

Holy crap. You have the mysterious bird too? It's just there wings spread and all. I have goosebumps.

 

Holy crap. You have the mysterious bird too? It's just there wings spread and all. I have goosebumps.

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1984 Firebird SE
1985 Camaro z28 305 engine T-5 Five Speed Tranny, 92 Camaro Leather Seats Console, carpet everything. Soon to put in 700R4 and 427CI. (Hopefully.
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mine has the bird...

John

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im gonna check today.............

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91 FireBird 305 V-8
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I've got the bird too.

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'82 Firebird, dead stock, 9 bolt disc rear, over 200,000 miles and still going strong, more to come...
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i have no idea what your talkin about but i have bird on my hood!
lol

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watch it not all models have it
why ??

 

I have seen some early birds in the yards with the bird molded in the plastic like that. They did not have the glovebox. They did not even have the holes drilled for the glovebox. So maybe it was an option back in the day. Makes sence that GM would just use the same mold and add some holes. Somewhere they must had eliminated the bird though cause mine does not have one. I did not think they had changed that part of the dash though.

 

RedRaif,

I think your on the right track. To add to that, Firebirds and Camaros in the early 80's were use heavily in SCCA Trans Am Series, NHRA PorStock....ect...ect... Most likely the bird hidden behind that Map/Glove Pouch were there so whaen the race teams would gut the interior there would be something behind there promoting the car and the manufacturer when an "In Car" Camera was used durning a race. Instead of having to spend extra money to get a graphic to put in that area all they had to do was paint the bird thats was already there.

My $0.02
Robert

 

i have a hidden bird i take out when somone cuts me off

 

lol, my camaro doesn't have the "hidden bird"

 

my 89 nor the 91 i had, had the bird on dash

 

Interesting little piece of info there My '86 didn't have it, and my '89 doesn't, it seems from the trend of this post that they were on the earlier cars (82-85???).