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[priariecanary]

Welcome. Beautiful 65. I even noticed you have the early Gs emblem on the grille. That's one awesome car.


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I have seen multiple emblems options for the '65, fat birds, thin birds, etc. what is the story behind this? Were the early cars were built with one style and later cars were built with another style? What is the difference between the different emblem styles and when was the switch made?

[66nailhead]

 I've never heard of the birds being different. I just know that the first 65 Gs's that came out had the small grille emblem that didn't match any of the others. They are pretty rare. I'm not sure when the time period they ran them. Maybe for the first month of build. But don't quote me on that. I know my dads convert  is a January build and it has the regular emblem. But I know he had but a new nose on that car in the early 80's. So I'm sure it was lost in the transfer. [emoji51][emoji24]back when it wasn't a big deal to keep this stuff original.


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[Brian]

The fat bird was used on 64 and 65 models.  The thin bird emblem was used starting in 66 and continued for several years after that.  It encompases the emblems on the fender, the interior door panels, and the emblem in the center caps of the wheels/hubcaps.  The thin bird in 66 was also on the dash and was located on the rear quarters instead of the front fenders.
  Small grille emblem was only on the early cars.  No definitive time as to when they switched to the larger emblem.  Pretty safe to say the change over happened at different times at the different assembly plants--when they ran out of the small emblems, they switched to the new style.