I see for sale a repop bird emblem for the glove box door but my 69 doesn't have holes in the door for the screws. Should I leave it as is or get the emblem and try to find where to drill the holes?

Your personal preference. So far, I have seen no correlation with anything (date, option, feature, model, factory, etc.) that indicated whether a 1st gen got a glove box bird or not.

Did the 69 even come with a glove box emblem?

Good point, I don't recall if that was for '68 only or not.

I think I will just pass for now. My money and efforts can be better utilized elsewhere.

My 67 has a glove box emblem.

my 69 did not have it , but I added it ...and its not screws, the emblem has stud on the back, two different sizes....I drilled only one hole , filed off one stud , inserted the stud in one hole (after getting dimensions from others here) and added a dab of silicone to hold it in place

>Did the 69 even come with a glove box emblem?<

Nope.

Same question I asked above!

That was Merv answering your question. Not asking the same question. He kind of flies with his own jet stream...

LOL, gotchya, no wonder it messed me all up...lol OK, so there is the answer then...good to know! I was starting to wonder if I missed something.

What is the deal on them?
Think we've been thru this b4.

My 1st 68 w/standard interior didn't have one.
Know it was original.

My 67 w/standard does. Know it's original.

Current 68 w/standard does.
Door could of been replaced in over the years.

See Jimc2002's first posted reply to this thread.

That's not a good enough explanation.
Has to be some correlation like the bird etching on glass.

What turned out to be the correlation for Bird Glass? I recall a multi-year study thread but not the results.

No emblem at all.

No, there has been no evidence to support one way or the other how or why which Firebirds received the 68 Bird Glass (which again, is not an etching process but they were printed on the inside of the glass) nor has there been any way to determine which cars received the Glove box door Bird on 67's & 68's?

I know a few have collected build sheet data, PHS documentation and any other type of information in hopes of determining an appearance group, a trim package or some type of option package that may have correlated with the addition of either the Bird Glass or a few other options such as this, but there is nothing to support this nor does it seem to be called out anyplace...

So yes, that IS the only answer at this point that we know of.

Sorry, should of used a smiley face

I am pretty sure they had special days at the factory where management decreed "all Firebird's today will receive glove box emblems" and later in '68 "all cars today will receive Bird Glass".

Similar to how we have Casual Fridays. You know - to keep things "light" in the workplace.

Mystery solved!!