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Old 12-09-2014, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by gtoric View Post
I can't imagine that the producers would have to pay any sort of royalty to any organization. Pontiac already paid the SCCA for the use of the Trans Am name when each car was built. Pontiac wouldn't care how the cars were presented, in fact leaving the hood bird on the car would have been great, free advertising for the new showy option.
The TA's ordered and used in the movie were not built with the optional hood bird decals. So no issue there. But they would still have had the small bumper bird decal.
I think the real reason all the other decals were removed will have to remain unanswered.