Hood Decal?

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What was the first year for the firebird hood decal on the T/A?

Probably a stupid question but I posted a pic of the 2009 T/A concept car from hereon another website and one of the comments was if they lost the smoky & the bandit decals it might be a nice car. I thought the bird was on the hood way before the movie?
 
I know 69 was the first T/A but I thought they were either white w/blue stripes or blue w/white stripes. I know they a metal bird emblem on the back, but don't think they had the huge hood bird. Thought it was later?
 
The first year for the big phoenix bird on the hood was 73 and I'm a 100% sure of that. From 69 to 72 they had the white body with the blue stripe. 69 Formulas had the white body with two blue stripes down the whole car. 70 to 72 it was the white body with just a single blue stripe with a little phoenix at the front of the stripe right before the hood. Smokey and the Bandit didnt come out until 77.
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Thanks! I thought it was later than 69-70 and way before the movie.
 
Smokey and the Bandit did come out in 77 but the first year for the black and gold was 76.
 
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87 GP said:
I know 69 was the first T/A to compete in class w/ mustang and camaro track weise. I know they a metal bird emblem on the back, but don't think they had the huge hood bird. Thought it was later?

No no the first trans am was put out 5 months after the origional camaro was in 67.. They came out w/ the t/a to compete w/ mustang and camaro.. mustang was the first " muscle car " put on the market in 64 1/2.. Camaro came in 67 to compete in class.. now im not sure but i think they had a 350 the 455 vs 400 came out in disco times "70's".. but yeh it was in 73 w/ the pheonix they topped it in im thinking 81
 
Well I'm not sure if they stopped the hood phoenix in 81 because I've seen some 3rd generation Trans Ams with the big pheonix on the ones with the hood where there is a hump on only one side of the hood, but I'm not sure of that.
 
The first trans am was 69, actually 69 1/2. The firebird came out right after the camaro.
 
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