1971-72 Pontiac R.A. hood

[njsteve]

So is that what a Swedish GTO looks like?

Is it an original Starlight Black car?

Some of the indentations on other make cars in '71 and '72 were required by Federal law as a result of the hoods sheering the hinge bolts and decapitating the vehicle occupants in front end collisions. The indents were meant as a built-in failure point so the hood would fold at a predetermined point like a folding knife instead of lieing flat and acting as a gullotine blade.