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Thanks for taking the time to pull this together. I still remember having Bill Porter as a guest speaker for our Pontiac Product Engineering student group and Bill saying that if people didn't love the upcoming 70 1/2 "F" body ( that he led the design on) , he was going to quit. Fortunately, the car was a sensational hit and this very talented designer stayed at GM. There is another behind the scenes story you might find interesting, the story of PII, the original second generation Fiero. Pontiac was on a path to produce a 190 MPH Ferrari beater using the aerodynamic (0.29 Cd) and lightweight (2,347 lbs.) PII platform and an aluminum twin turbo 2.9L V6 putting out 100 HP/L based on the new (and then cancelled) LA9 (single turbo) aluminum V6 engine. The digital book, , tells this story and is available at the Pontiac Transportation Museum website (www.pontiactransportationmuseum.org/become-a-part-of-our-community/shop/[add_to_cart%20id=). Thanks.

Hired by GM in ‘74. Ordered my 1st new car in ‘78 - a new silver Trans Am with the screaming chicken. Couldn’t keep the wheel caps on the snowflake alloy wheels.

I had a 77 1/2 Trans Am..White T tops 4 spd, Last of the Pontiac 400s..403 came out in later part of 77..Blue interior...always wonder with one of the last 400s what it was worth..it was made in July 77,last month of the last 400s

I had a big block 4 speed 71 Chevelle SS in the late 80's. It was loaded with cowl induction, ac, ralley wheels, hood pins, am 8 track radio, disc brakes and the window sticker said $3007.00 The a/c quit blowing out of the defroster vent. Took the dash apart and it had a Mr. Frosty rootbeer can wedged in it and the little door had finally rubbed a hole in it to where it got stuck. Wish I had that car now. Bet it still chalks the pipe

I must say the Tiffany connection is pretty cool. To me a firebird (2nd gen) with no hood decal seems like its missing something. Always been a big F-body fan.

I don't see the point. It's not like we are getting a 77 trans am.

Hoe-pie. You mean... a bird from pueblo pottery?

You have the transam, and then you have the Firebird.Firebird is a lot better car

Napkin. Hmmmm.

Actually,, us Natives own the Thunderbird.

My favorite part was the part where they said it was the most sold 1977 sports car

GM is and allways will be with the family 😊

Pontiac was allways indian respect to them look back through the years of car how many had the chief gm ❤️

The phoenix bird try to not correct the true fact of the bird 😢

This was great!

I've never liked big stickers. Love Firebirds. Absolutely hate the fire chicken sticker

The fire chicken!

A friend of mine bought the decal from a dealer, put it on a match shaped plexiglass and hung it as wall art.

I think that was my Pontiac 6000, special order, that came in so damaged and poorly fixed. FGM

I’ve got a 1979 Firebird, but it’s a Formula, and it came without the bird unfortunately.

My grandfather worked at fisher body for 30 years retired from Norwood.

In Europe you do not see this cars often. Netherlands, must be late 80's. I was a kid. My mom sometimes took me and my brother and sister to a larger city to buy clothing. Next to a xxx shop, in front of a tiny parking garage. There was a black car. It had a golden bird on the hood. I was sold. I had never seen such a car and the bird was incredibly awesome. I will never forget.

So that's why my '81 Firebird had such piss poor build quality.

Good ol boy

Wow

Qualifing for Joey Chitwood Thrill Show

Finish school

But did they fire him?

There's not many body assembly plants like this today as robotics and machine vision have completely removed the human element out of the process. And production efficiencies increase. No workers comp claims. No vacations. No taking long lunches. Just repeatable automation making cars better and safer.

Never worked a hard day in his life

ha ha Lotus was first. and then. GM threw lotus away after purchasing them - cause lotus wouldn't use the ugly gm proposed design for the m100 lotus Elan, and hurt some ones feelings at GM. (Jordan)

Is that why it's all plastic crap now

Hes a cry baby..hes got a good pension now

Never called it the 'Hood Bird', that is a new one on me. It was always the 'The Screaming Chicken'. Even in the '70's it never had another name.

Lazy Union boys

Back when America was real with actual jobs and real gas powered cars

Cry for me. SUCH a hard life 😂

I worked in a shop that did a lot of spot welding, my machines used to spark all the time sometimes them sparks hurt 😂

REGULATE AUTOMATION... Bring Back JOBS...

I bought my 1st 79 t/a in 80. Now i have a 79 t/a that i bought in 2008. Better known as the scream'n chicken or the thunder chicken

Anyone know why the sign says “Chevrolet Pontiac Canada Group”?

I got offered a job at the lordstown plant driving cars off the line to storage lots. They were only hiring temp workers at the time and only paid $9 an hour. I passed on that one. Lordstown shutdown a few months later.

Worked at the building built in the old Norwood plant.. worked my ass off just to get laid off .. The more things change, the more they stay the same..

Beautiful Camaros

Goose it

And that's why robots do the welding today

I Never felt sorry for any line workers, It was NEVER Enough, Just like my Neighbor who worked at Chrysler plant In Newark Delaware. Having 2 boats over 30 Ft long, 4 New cars all the time, 3 Harley’s, A new built in pool every 5 Years or so was NEVER Enough, Chrysler offered them 4 Different Contracts in less then a year, In 1999 Spent over 300 Million in plant for upgrades, The Dodge Durango was being Built there, They Workers just Wanted More & More. Guess what ? The plant closed up, All the jobs to include the local economy were gone, My Neighbor LOST everything,I mean EVERYTHING, the last I saw him he was working at Napa for a 10th of what he made. Wound up in a Trailer park, The property where the plant was is Now part of the University of Delaware. The Durango is still being built, I Never wished for the plant to close but when your were making close to 47 a hour as skilled worker and when the benefits being Paid ( Hospital, Dental, Blood bank, Vacation, Sick time) totaled over $78.00 a hour in 2005, I didn’t feel sorry for him at all.

I watched a fellow employee everyone called farm boy jump a Hyster forklift off of the dock into a 30 yard dumpster.

The nice thing about being left handed is you got off assembly lines which are set up for right handed people.

People have no idea,if you could not hold your weight on the line they would (employees) would get rid of you. Piece rate.