Showing posts with label Judge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judge. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

2026 Greenwood Car Show: General Motors

It's my biggest car spotting day of the year, the Greenwood car show. Let's start with GM.


With GTOs, you may be looking at a "tribute car" which is a polite name for "fake". Take an ordinary Pontiac LeMans, update the engine and the badges, and you've got a much more valuable GTO. Both this 1969 GTO Judge and this 1968 convertible appear authentic to me, though the Judge doesn't have the correct air cleaner to make the ram air induction system work. Fun fact: When the Judge was first offered, it only came in this color.





I've posted this incredible car before, but there's nothing more amazing than seeing a fuel-injected 1963 Corvette split-window.






Restored 1957 Bel Air convertibles like this one sometimes go for over $100K now. The hardtop coupes aren't much less. Always interesting to compare them to a car that's never been restored, like the sedan here. That off-pink color looks odd today but was popular in the 50s.




Very nice 1966 Sting Ray.














The 1970 Chevelle Super Sport is considered the pinnacle of GM muscle. This one has the 396. The truly legendary examples have the 454.
















This 1964 Pontic LeMans coupe has 326 badges, but it appears the owner has dropped a 389 tri-power engine under the hood.
















This 1948 Buick is just a great looking car.



Monday, January 28, 2019

1970 Pontiac GTO Judge convertible

Pontiac built fewer than 11,000 GTOs with the Judge package between 1969 and 1971, including only 287 convertibles. In 1971, only 17 convertibles were made; enthusiasts know the history of every one of those cars. "The Judge" included the forced-air induction system, a Hurst shifter, wide tires, a set of decals and a spoiler on the trunk. This car has the 'endura' front bumper, made of plastic and foam formed over a single piece of steel. Today all cars have plastic noses, but in 1970 it was a very new idea.