The 69' was the most beautiful of the GTOs. That color, along with the ram air IV and 4 speed, make this the best of the best! Those things really ran strong.
When I was a kid which I still am...this bad-boy was the bomb - still is. The attention to detail on this car appears to be concours. Yes the paint and body panals are pristine but the interior and under the hood...ohhhh myyyy....whoof....talk about bragging rights...bravo!
In 1969 , I was walking home with 2 kids from the area and we heard a car rumble way behind us . It got close and was a GTO in carousel red with hide away light and the hood tach. But as it roared by we saw that " the Judge" on the fender and then the rear tail wing with the Judge . All of the Judge model came from Oshawa , Ontario where canada only had Carousel red and a reduced selections for Differential ratios. That GTO Judge is a late production because the glove box Judge wasn't made in time to go on the early 1968 versions. Also, I think the decals and nose restricted the Colours to about 6 until the spring 69 sales where almost every colour ( 15 ) for the GTO was extended to the Judge. There were 3 steering wheel choice , this one is stock where the upgrade is sport with mock wood ring and 3 brushed metal flat spokes and a 2' think tapered rubber hub center piece with a recesses section for the Pontiac badge. The top price choice was a four flat spoke thick ring like a rally car with a smaller hub and pontiac emblem PMD. BTW , that ram IV 4spd judge is list as 271 for the production , I think she may mean the 4:33 rear in 239 . The GTO came from the Ferarri 250 GTO and it stood for a designation in the Industry for Europe and italy where it had a high Power to Weight ratio , carried 2 or more Adults with luggage , and a huge fuel tank . The Ferrari was a 3.0 L V12 300 hp 5 sp , 1940 lbs with a 35 gallon fuel tank. The GTO's status let buyers know that it could climb the hills with 2 or 4 passenger while it could go a long distant between gas station and have room for luggage as the Grand Touring car . The sports cars back then were small with a 4/6 cylinder 4 spd and small trunk where you need that rack on the lid . The fuel tank was small around 8 gallons while down shifting on hills sucked the fuel at high RPM's and restricted trips to roads with close Stations . Their Judge is a 4 passenger 370 HP @ 3500 lbs with the large trunk and 20 gallon fuel tank. This makes it a GTO in Europe where the Torque @ 445 ftlbs could cruise the country side and hills while in 3rd the whole trip like an automatic . The power to weight ratio is 260 hp per Tonne ( metric 2200 lbs) , the ferarri 250 V12 at under a ton (2000 lbs) had 300 hp . The history for the GTO doesn't always explain why the GTO 250 V12 had that badge , most people know that is came from the ferrari but not that it stood for Gran Turismo Omologato . Omologato is italian for 'approved ' .... because Enzo wanted to race it as a Grand Touring car and had to make enough copies and meet the standards . His car topped out at over 170 mph , that's where the 35 gallon tank came in .
Very nicely done, good to show the GTO emblems on the door panels. I owned a 69 in Carousel red, a special order car without the Judge stripe and badges. The heat riser tube did two things, it directs warm air to the carb for smoother run and lowered emissions under light throttle. The engine ran smoother during warmup and also assisted in keeping the carb from icing up. The warm air bypasses to cold air when you stomp on it through a vacuum operated valve on the air cleaner.. best of both worlds, cleaner burn under light throttle, max power under heavy throttle. You do not want to bypass/remove the warm air tube as it does not sap any hp.
A Greek tragedy in the fullest; one of the most beautiful and rare muscle cars that will never be driven. I understand why, still, this best needs to roar! One (and you have many) of your best Lou!
The pre heat ducts that lead to the air cleaner base are designed to take warm air off the drivers side exhaust manifold and from the pre heat stove pipe that connects to the cast iron cross over under the aluminum intake on the passenger side . The warm air heated the engine quicker. Once warm the actuators on the upper hood pan closed off the heat from these areas which is why you see the holes on each side of the foam seal. The only air from that point is from the outside functional hood scoops. The actuators on the upper pan closed so this warm air would no longer get into the engine. Roger Wydler Owner 1970 Ram Air IV GTO
Hi Lou, my taste and well varied, but I identify myself too much with muscle cars of preference. I am collecting on a scale of 1-18 and I have some muscular american cars from ERTL, including this Judge 69 in red carousel, thank you !!!
What a gorgeous example of a goat. I wasn't a fan of the paint (Judge) package at the time they were out, but think the carousel red is better than than 70 orbit. I'ld prefer a more conservative color myself, but this car being a stripper, with hideaway headlights, 4 speed, 4.33, and RAIV is the epitome of the GTO line, and this car is absolutely stunning. Beautiful car. Thanks for posting.:)
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When I was in Jr. H.S. my 8th grade Biology teacher was a cool young dude, who wore penny loafers and you could tell he was player...he had this exact car...orange '69 GTO Judge...he was even a ginger so we young boys used to kid him about getting a matching car...we knew it was badass car but it wasn't until I got older that I understood what a beast it was...Mr. Johnson was his name and he was one of my favorite teachers ever and one reason I got interested in science/math (a recently retired multi degreed Engineer who spent more than 31 years working at America's largest defense contractor.
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Owned one of these back in the day except mine didn't have the hideaway lights and it was painted in "Liberty Blue". I wonder how many were made in the Liberty Blue paint color?
I wonder if this was dads car. He owned from late 69 to 72. We tracked it to Sarnia Ontario Canada. We missed it by days. It was sent to the uss in the Midwest. It had 433 gears with dash tach. It was in bad shape as described in video at one point it was in a scrap yard
Hi Chris Anderson, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Dad's car :-) Unless this is your Dad's former car! Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Hi Eric Robbins, This is an early video, and unfortunately I was not starting the cars to listen to the sound, HOWEVER I learned that it would be awesome to hear them too, and around mid 2015 almost all the cars on the Channel you could hear them too. Good news! Here is the link to a 1969 GTO Ram Air IV sound for you. Enjoy! Lou th-cam.com/video/i2XjuTHRCi4/w-d-xo.html
Hi Lou. You can see my 1970 Ram Air IV GTO in Atoll Blue with the Sandalwood Interior on you tube. The video isn't clear so I'm going to do a complete documentary on the car. It's 1 of the 302 Ram Air IV GTO 4 speed hardtops. I will also show the engine and detailed suspension. Has the 4.33 HD limited slip differential. Factory 8 track tape player, floor console AM|FM stereo. Rally IIs and the decor group. Thanks Roger
Hi Nicholas, Sounds like an AWESOME car you have. Thanks for watching this video. What condition is the car? There is a car show just for Pontiacs, if your Google " Indian Uprising All Pontiac Pheasant Run Resort St Charles IL " I'd hope to see you there, Lou
Hi Nelson G, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this TH-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Hi Blackout 65, Yes you're right some of my earlier videos I missed that, however I've learned and the majority of cars on this TH-cam Channel have start ups and almost all videos since 2016 and current cars have start and sometimes even rides. Lou
Hi Lou. My 1970 Ram Air IV GTO is a complete frame off restoration. Just type Ram Air IV GTO and find the Atoll Blue RAIV GTO with me talking about the car on this website. . Talk about fast. With the blueprinted engine and street tires it runs mid 12s with a closed exhaust. Thanks, Roger Wydler
Searched Google, however not sure I'm finding your exact car, but did find some. Regardless yours sounds like a AWESOME car! This weekend there is a Pontiac specific car show called Indian Up Rising at the Pheasant Run in St Charles IL, I plan to be there adding a few more cars, hope you can make it, Lou
Hi,Nick,I just ran accross your post on your 70 Judge. I wanted one of those so bad at that time,but I didn't want to give up my '64 GTO Vert,quite rare also.What impressed me most was that its performance figures with this engine correlated with my experience on replacing my worn out 389 with one of these crate motors (WH for Firebird T/A).Was a more difficult swap than I expected,but all done,I ran 12.40's with Racemasters at US 30 Dragstrip.My favorite engine from any Muscle car.I can imagine cruising in your Judge is a rush, don't let go like I did.
Gorgeous car and one of my all time favorites.That was a very brief and incomplete explanation of the RA III and RA IV engines.These two are not even in the same class of performance and in addition to heads and intake manifold,ALL the internals in this motor are different including ALL the entire valve train.All said,even the RA III was a stout performer,as a friend of mine and I took his new '67 RA III to US30 Dragstrip to see what it would do.Car turned 13.4-13.5 at 106-108mph.Not sure of any improvements thru 1970 on the III.
+Tom Kuhlman Hi Tom, The hood tach is nice feature, however as you can see (at about the 3 minute mark) this tach is on the instrument panel. Take care, Lou
+Lou Costabile How come it doesn't have the hood tach? Thought all the 69 Judge's with the Ram Air IV came with it as a "standard" piece? What a beauty of a car you have there by the way!! The 69 has been my ultimate dream car ever since I was a kid!!
+Tom Kuhlman Hmmm, don't know that for sure. I know Mike & Diane have two of these, and on this video link at the 4:18 mark shows the hood tach. th-cam.com/video/XBtm5FNZVz8/w-d-xo.html Take care, Lou
Hi Doug, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Hi Joe Mccawley, Must be the way the factory produced this one, so the Owner wants to keep it as it came from the showroom. I like the chrome rings too, Lou
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Noah Persinger yes, the Judge could be ordered with the "hidden headlight" option. however most were not. remember the muscle cars of the late 60s and early 70s were the automotive equivalent of a sawed-off shotgun, go as fast as you can (either in a 1/4 mile...or stoplight to stoplight. so the least amount of parasitic drag the better.
The Judge was originally conceived to be like the Road Runner, a striped down muscle car with no 'fancy' options. However, by the time it made production, Pontiac decided to offer it with most any option available on the GTO
The 69' was the most beautiful of the GTOs. That color, along with the ram air IV and 4 speed, make this the best of the best! Those things really ran strong.
+Barcrrt Hi, I'm a GTO Fan and I really like this one ALOT! Thanks for viewing and commenting. Take care, Lou
'68 has a better dash and steering wheel. '69 desperately needs the spoiler to go with the rear lights. '68 doesn't need it
@@CaptainFALKEN the '68 doesn't need the spoiler because it's too ugly for anything to make a difference. The '69 has a way better looking rear end.
The ram air IV was a beast
Just the way we like it :-)
@@loucostabile ram air V also
Just a awesome judge! Love that color so much! Outstanding restoration!
High praise :-) I like this one too.
I have to say ,I have a very sharp eye for detail, I give you a 10+ I see Love in the GTO
Hi Tommy Dean,
Thanks for viewing and sharing. This is a sharp one!
Take care,
Lou
thank you I try
When I was a kid which I still am...this bad-boy was the bomb - still is. The attention to detail on this car appears to be concours. Yes the paint and body panals are pristine but the interior and under the hood...ohhhh myyyy....whoof....talk about bragging rights...bravo!
High praise for this GTO :-)
In 1969 , I was walking home with 2 kids from the area and we heard a car rumble way behind us . It got close and was a GTO in carousel red with hide away light and the hood tach.
But as it roared by we saw that " the Judge" on the fender and then the rear tail wing with the Judge .
All of the Judge model came from Oshawa , Ontario where canada only had Carousel red and a reduced selections for Differential ratios.
That GTO Judge is a late production because the glove box Judge wasn't made in time to go on the early 1968 versions. Also, I think the decals and nose restricted the Colours to about 6 until the spring 69 sales where almost every colour ( 15 ) for the GTO was extended to the Judge. There were 3 steering wheel choice , this one is stock where the upgrade is sport with mock wood ring and 3 brushed metal flat spokes and a 2' think tapered rubber hub center piece with a recesses section for the Pontiac badge.
The top price choice was a four flat spoke thick ring like a rally car with a smaller hub and pontiac emblem PMD.
BTW , that ram IV 4spd judge is list as 271 for the production , I think she may mean the 4:33 rear in 239 .
The GTO came from the Ferarri 250 GTO and it stood for a designation in the Industry for Europe and italy where it had a high Power to Weight ratio , carried 2 or more Adults with luggage , and a huge fuel tank .
The Ferrari was a 3.0 L V12 300 hp 5 sp , 1940 lbs with a 35 gallon fuel tank. The GTO's status let buyers know that it could climb the hills with 2 or 4 passenger while it could go a long distant between gas station and have room for luggage as the Grand Touring car .
The sports cars back then were small with a 4/6 cylinder 4 spd and small trunk where you need that rack on the lid . The fuel tank was small around 8 gallons while down shifting on hills sucked the fuel at high RPM's and restricted trips to roads with close Stations .
Their Judge is a 4 passenger 370 HP @ 3500 lbs with the large trunk and 20 gallon fuel tank. This makes it a GTO in Europe where the Torque @ 445 ftlbs could cruise the country side and hills while in 3rd the whole trip like an automatic .
The power to weight ratio is 260 hp per Tonne ( metric 2200 lbs) , the ferarri 250 V12 at under a ton (2000 lbs) had 300 hp .
The history for the GTO doesn't always explain why the GTO 250 V12 had that badge , most people know that is came from the ferrari but not that it stood for Gran Turismo Omologato .
Omologato is italian for 'approved ' .... because Enzo wanted to race it as a Grand Touring car and had to make enough copies and meet the standards . His car topped out at over 170 mph , that's where the 35 gallon tank came in .
Hi Gary Wood, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge and adding to this story, Lou
Very nicely done, good to show the GTO emblems on the door panels. I owned a 69 in Carousel red, a special order car without the Judge stripe and badges. The heat riser tube did two things, it directs warm air to the carb for smoother run and lowered emissions under light throttle. The engine ran smoother during warmup and also assisted in keeping the carb from icing up. The warm air bypasses to cold air when you stomp on it through a vacuum operated valve on the air cleaner.. best of both worlds, cleaner burn under light throttle, max power under heavy throttle. You do not want to bypass/remove the warm air tube as it does not sap any hp.
Hi TheFRiNgEguitars, Thank you for viewing and sharing your first hand knowledge, Lou
A Greek tragedy in the fullest; one of the most beautiful and rare muscle cars that will never be driven. I understand why, still, this best needs to roar! One (and you have many) of your best Lou!
Hi Dave, I like driving them too. Happy to read this one of the best :-) Lou
lou, just unreal brother!!!!! this is in my top 5 !!!!!
You have great taste Thomas :-)
Probably the best looking design of all the GTOs
I like this design too :-)
One of my top cars too Lou! That car screams muscle! Great car!
1969 GTO Judge = Winner for us :-)
The pre heat ducts that lead to the air cleaner base are designed to take warm air off the drivers side exhaust manifold and from the pre heat stove pipe that connects to the cast iron cross over under the aluminum intake on the passenger side . The warm air heated the engine quicker. Once warm the actuators on the upper hood pan closed off the heat from these areas which is why you see the holes on each side of the foam seal. The only air from that point is from the outside functional hood scoops. The actuators on the upper pan closed so this warm air would no longer get into the engine.
Roger Wydler
Owner 1970 Ram Air IV GTO
Hi Roger, Thanks for viewing, commenting, and sharing your knowledge, Lou
Beautiful! The only thing missing is the tach on the hood!
Hi Anibal, That's a nice option to add :-) Lou
GTO - Gas, tires and oil. Nice monster and your big blue heart💪👍👏👏👏
Hi 88rock X, "Nice monster" I liked that :-) Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
Hi friend, your channel is very cool!!! Greetings from Brazil 👍
Hi Friend in Brazil, Thank you for the compliment. What kind of cars do you like? Lou
Hi Lou, my taste and well varied, but I identify myself too much with muscle cars of preference. I am collecting on a scale of 1-18 and I have some muscular american cars from ERTL, including this Judge 69 in red carousel, thank you !!!
Sorry, my name is Julio bye!!!
What a gorgeous example of a goat. I wasn't a fan of the paint (Judge) package at the time they were out, but think the carousel red is better than than 70 orbit. I'ld prefer a more conservative color myself, but this car being a stripper, with hideaway headlights, 4 speed, 4.33, and RAIV is the epitome of the GTO line, and this car is absolutely stunning. Beautiful car. Thanks for posting.:)
Hi joe quinlan, High praise for this one :-) Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy. You're welcome. Lou
Beyond beautiful car!!
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Priceless!
:-)
Found them on Facebook it is my dads old car sending them stuff when I get home. So cool thanks for the video
Awesome :-)
Nice ride. My neighbor had the same car new with white interior and the hood tach. I loved it as a kid. Many years ago.lol
Hi Chas, Glad to read you enjoy this ride :-) I love this one too, lou
Jim Olivet: awesome car !!!!!
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When I was in Jr. H.S. my 8th grade Biology teacher was a cool young dude, who wore penny loafers and you could tell he was player...he had this exact car...orange '69 GTO Judge...he was even a ginger so we young boys used to kid him about getting a matching car...we knew it was badass car but it wasn't until I got older that I understood what a beast it was...Mr. Johnson was his name and he was one of my favorite teachers ever and one reason I got interested in science/math (a recently retired multi degreed Engineer who spent more than 31 years working at America's largest defense contractor.
Great story Steve Fowler :-) Thank you for sharing, Lou
Steve Fowler was yûy
My favorite muscle car as well. Thanks for sharing!!!
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Owned one of these back in the day except mine didn't have the hideaway lights and it was painted in "Liberty Blue". I wonder how many were made in the Liberty Blue paint color?
Happy to read you had a super cool car too :-)
Good work on the restoration that engine is is clean
Happy to read you appreciate this restoration :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing.
I love my Goats. had a 67, 68, 69, and now a 06-M6.
Happy to read you enjoy your GTO's too :-)
I wonder if this was dads car. He owned from late 69 to 72. We tracked it to Sarnia Ontario Canada. We missed it by days. It was sent to the uss in the Midwest. It had 433 gears with dash tach. It was in bad shape as described in video at one point it was in a scrap yard
Hi Chris Anderson, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Dad's car :-) Unless this is your Dad's former car! Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Lou, out of all your videos, how come there's no sound clip with this car? Nothing compares to the idle of a Pontiac RA IV car.
Hi Eric Robbins, This is an early video, and unfortunately I was not starting the cars to listen to the sound, HOWEVER I learned that it would be awesome to hear them too, and around mid 2015 almost all the cars on the Channel you could hear them too. Good news! Here is the link to a 1969 GTO Ram Air IV sound for you. Enjoy! Lou th-cam.com/video/i2XjuTHRCi4/w-d-xo.html
To me the 70 GTO was the most beautiful and sleek looking of them all. I wouldn't have one of my own if I didn't think so.
+Greg amato Hi Greg, Sound like you picked a fine ride! Thanks for viewing and commenting. Take care, Lou
67-68
Very Nice! Who restored that car?
Hi Michael Lansu, Glad you enjoyed the video / car :-) They did the restoration, Lou
Hi Lou. You can see my 1970 Ram Air IV GTO in Atoll Blue with the Sandalwood Interior on you tube. The video isn't clear so I'm going to do a complete documentary on the car. It's 1 of the 302 Ram Air IV GTO 4 speed hardtops. I will also show the engine and detailed suspension. Has the 4.33 HD limited slip differential. Factory 8 track tape player, floor console AM|FM stereo. Rally IIs and the decor group.
Thanks Roger
Hi Nicholas, Sounds like an AWESOME car you have. Thanks for watching this video. What condition is the car? There is a car show just for Pontiacs, if your Google " Indian Uprising All Pontiac Pheasant Run Resort St Charles IL " I'd hope to see you there, Lou
great muscle car Brom and I have the same one in San Francisco driver and full of VIDOS with exactly this Pontiac like put bro
Thank you for viewing & sharing you have one like this too.
Very nice GTO
Glad you like this one Steve Allred :-) I like this one too, Lou
I don't know about the 69 but the 70 Judge Ram Air IV had chrome lettering on the hood scoops and a hood tach. I'm not sure if this is genuine.
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Very nice car but why no startup to hear that hot cam?!
Hi Blackout 65, Yes you're right some of my earlier videos I missed that, however I've learned and the majority of cars on this TH-cam Channel have start ups and almost all videos since 2016 and current cars have start and sometimes even rides. Lou
Ok but where is the hood tac???
:-0
Hi Lou. My 1970 Ram Air IV GTO is a complete frame off restoration. Just type Ram Air IV GTO and find the Atoll Blue RAIV GTO with me talking about the car on this website. . Talk about fast. With the blueprinted engine and street tires it runs mid 12s with a closed exhaust. Thanks, Roger Wydler
Searched Google, however not sure I'm finding your exact car, but did find some. Regardless yours sounds like a AWESOME car! This weekend there is a Pontiac specific car show called Indian Up Rising at the Pheasant Run in St Charles IL, I plan to be there adding a few more cars, hope you can make it, Lou
Hi,Nick,I just ran accross your post on your 70 Judge. I wanted one of those so bad at that time,but I didn't want to give up my '64 GTO Vert,quite rare also.What impressed me most was that its performance figures with this engine correlated with my experience on replacing my worn out 389 with one of these crate motors (WH for Firebird T/A).Was a more difficult swap than I expected,but all done,I ran 12.40's with Racemasters at US 30 Dragstrip.My favorite engine from any Muscle car.I can imagine cruising in your Judge is a rush, don't let go like I did.
Gorgeous car and one of my all time favorites.That was a very brief and incomplete explanation of the RA III and RA IV engines.These two are not even in the same class of performance and in addition to heads and intake manifold,ALL the internals in this motor are different including ALL the entire valve train.All said,even the RA III was a stout performer,as a friend of mine and I took his new '67 RA III to US30 Dragstrip to see what it would do.Car turned 13.4-13.5 at 106-108mph.Not sure of any improvements thru 1970 on the III.
Hi John Runion, Glad to read this one you enjoy :-) Me too, Lou
should have a hood tack.
That's a nice option :-)
I Like The 68 And 69 GTOs Alot More Than The 70 GTO Judge 🤠🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing your preference. Here is one for you :-) th-cam.com/video/VWJNGykW6xU/w-d-xo.html
Where's the hood tach???
+Tom Kuhlman Hi Tom, The hood tach is nice feature, however as you can see (at about the 3 minute mark) this tach is on the instrument panel. Take care, Lou
+Lou Costabile How come it doesn't have the hood tach? Thought all the 69 Judge's with the Ram Air IV came with it as a "standard" piece?
What a beauty of a car you have there by the way!! The 69 has been my ultimate dream car ever since I was a kid!!
+Tom Kuhlman Hmmm, don't know that for sure. I know Mike & Diane have two of these, and on this video link at the 4:18 mark shows the hood tach. th-cam.com/video/XBtm5FNZVz8/w-d-xo.html Take care, Lou
+Lou Costabile That GTO has the Ram Air III package and also has a clock where the tach would be "in" the dash.
+Tom Kuhlman Ok, thanks, Lou
I had a gray one
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missing the hood tack....
Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts.
Why do the restores always leave off the beauty rings on the wheels? Useless for performance but a finishing touch.
Hi Joe Mccawley, Must be the way the factory produced this one, so the Owner wants to keep it as it came from the showroom. I like the chrome rings too, Lou
A real Judge should not have trim rings on the wheels. They were not offered on the Judge when you bought it
Mike Leeper - correct.
I owned 2 69 GTOs and Ur Taillights look like they came from a 69 Tempest
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It needs to have the original tires made by Coker.
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they didnt make just 239 of them,, wtf she talking about???
How many did they make?
i thought judges didnt have hideaway headlights, but they look sexxyyy anyways
Not sure about the hideaways and agree 100% on the looks :-) Thanks for viewing and commenting, Lou
Noah Persinger yes, the Judge could be ordered with the "hidden headlight" option. however most were not. remember the muscle cars of the late 60s and early 70s were the automotive equivalent of a sawed-off shotgun, go as fast as you can (either in a 1/4 mile...or stoplight to stoplight. so the least amount of parasitic drag the better.
The Judge was originally conceived to be like the Road Runner, a striped down muscle car with no 'fancy' options. However, by the time it made production, Pontiac decided to offer it with most any option available on the GTO
Mike Leeper - correct again Mike. Thx for keeping things straight on the option list.
This car wll haul he mail!
Nice :-)
The 69 hood tach is missing from the hood all GTO,s shud have the hood tach
Hi tiffany branton, yes, I enjoy the hood tach too, however this one did not have that option. Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
@@loucostabile , This doesnt appear to have the 5500 Redline Tach is correct for RAM AIR IV