69 GTO The Judge test car

[DaJudge]

Cool pics, that proto type Judge was supposed to have been destroyed after it's test duties were completed. Ertl or Performance Years Enterprises made a commemorative version of the 1/18 Judge with these stripes. Those stripes look great makes you wish they reproduced them for a full sized car. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[Steve_Hoog]

Looks like you've got pics of at least 5 different cars here, very cool.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[DaJudge]

Yea after looking at the pics again there must have been at least two Judges used for testing with these stripes, pretty obvious one too. One has exposed headlights and the other has hideaways. Pretty cool.

[Steve_Hoog]

Notice the turn lamps, rear side marker, and posts. Several cars here, not sure how many..... but several

[DaJudge]

Yea the one pic clearly shows a 68 GTO post car as the HOT ROD test car with a 69 rear bumper and 68 quarters. Those rear markers were definetely 68's. I guess Pontiac was going to carry over the 68 rear markers for 69 and changed it up right before production. Very interesting indeed. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[copo9566aa]

Yea cool [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
and many change on the side marker on these Judge
Hideaways and exposed headlight
Post and Hardtop
Judge Sticker and no Sticker. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[JLP]

Note in the ads posted today that the words "The Judge" do not appear on the car. When the pictures were taken the name must have not been decided on. The ad pictures were probably taken about 2-3 months before publication. Must have still been debate between "ET", "The Judge" and others at picture taking time. Noticed the other things mentioned.

[442w30]

Actually, this is incorrect. There may be a running change, but there will never be an identity problem like that before an ad shoot.

Also, there ARE Judge decals. They are at the base of the stripe.

[Steve_Hoog]

And that sure looks like a TA spoiler, instead of the normal Judge spoiler.

[copo9566aa]

More info and pics about the post Judge [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

We first met the Judge at Ubly Dragway,
a pleasant Spot about 100 miles
north of Detroit in the Saginaw Bay
area. Besides its charm, Ubly is remote
from inquisitive eyes, and since we
tested the Judge prior to introduction,
this helped. As were the first few thousand
off the line, this one was finished
in an eye-catching Dayglo red. From
the front, we could tell very little
difference between the Judge and a standard
GTO except for the fact that the headlights
were exposed, and as this is
often a part of a GTO, the difference
was scant. But from the backside, there's
no mistaking it. A full-width rear deck
spoiler' is a standard item, and it's "as
different from current air-spoiler designs
as this car- or the regular GTO
-is from its marketplace rivaIs. The
60-inch-wide panel is horizontally
placed and is supported by a pair of
stands on the deck lid. The spoiler's
leading edge is a distance of three-and-
a-half inches off the trunk surface. Its
full-width design had better be noticed
by anyone resting his hand on the fen-
der edge while the deck is lowered, or
a lesson in how compressible human skin
is might quickly be learned.

It's a Ram-Air III 4-Speed CR and 3.90
Best Time 1/4 14.41 @ 99.55
By Steve Kelly