Pontiac bosses remained iffy on the prospect of the "Screaming Chicken" decal until famed GM designer John Schinella took over the Firebird project in 1971 and championed the idea.

Pontiac didn't just make fast cars. It also put a careful emphasis on design. Here are some of the coolest graphics and decals the brand put on its cars.

Pontiac Trans Am Hood Decal Install - Return Of The Screaming Chicken. Installing A Second-Gen Hood Decal On Your Fourth-Gen Trans Am Is Easier Than You Think, And The Results Are Spectacular.

In the November 2008 issue of High Performance Pontiac, we explained how a '79-'81 Bird hood decal sourced from Phoenix Graphix (www.phoenixgraphix.com) could be trimmed to fit on a '98-'02 Trans Am.

Burt Reynolds’ Pontiac Trans Am from his hit film “Smokey and the Bandit” sold for for $450,000, exceeding the original estimate of $60,000-80,000.

Pontiac's New Experimental Logo. By David Thomas. March 5, 2015. Share We’ve gone a few days without talking about the Pontiac G8, so it should be safe to bring it up again, right?