05-25-2020, 09:54 PM
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One of those "Muscle Car Mysteries" - why didn't Pontiac offer RWL tires on the 1969 GTO Judge. Pontiac was a trendsetter during the Muscle Car Era. The first with redline tires. Goodyear began offering RWL tires in the 1968 model year, first with the Z/28 then the 428 CJ Mustang GT. Pontiac added them to the 69 Trans Am, but not the Judge. Yes I know it was originally Pontiac's idea to offer the Judge as a response to the Road Runner; a cheap muscle car, but the end result was anything but. And why did Pontiac choose to make the G78x14 Blackwall tires std. By 1969, the standard tire series was 70. Was this the first use of 78 series tires on a muscle car?
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