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Car of the Day : April 26, 2013; MotorMax '69 Pontiac GTO Judge
Topic Started: Apr 25 2013, 10:30 PM (451 Views)
craftymore
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The car for today is the Motormax 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge.

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The Pontiac GTO is an American automobile built by Pontiac Division of General Motors from 1964 to 1974 and by GM subsidiary Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. It was a muscle car classic of the 1960s and 1970s. From 1964 until midway through 1973 it was closely related to the Pontiac Tempest/LeMans and for the 1974 model year it was based on the Pontiac Ventura.


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The most significant event of 1969 for the GTO was the launch of a new model called "The Judge". The Judge name came from a comedy routine, "Here Come de Judge", used repeatedly on the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV show. The Judge routine, made popular by legendary showman Sammy Davis, Jr., was borrowed from the act of long-time burlesque entertainer Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Advertisements used slogans like "All rise for The Judge" and "The Judge can be bought". As originally conceived, the Judge was to be a low-cost GTO, stripped of some gimmicks to make it competitive with the Plymouth Road Runner. The package was US$332 more expensive than a standard GTO, and included the Ram Air III engine, Rally II wheels without trim rings, Hurst shifter (with a unique T-shaped handle), wider tires, various decals, and a rear spoiler. Pontiac claimed that the spoiler had some functional effect at higher speeds, producing a small but measurable downforce, but it was of little value at legal speeds except for style. The Judge was initially offered only in "Carousel Red", but midway into the model year a variety of other colors became available.

The GTO was surpassed in sales both by the Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 and the Plymouth Road Runner, but 72,287 were sold during the 1969 model year, with 6,833 of them being The Judge. The rarest 1969 GTO, omitting color options, was the Ram Air IV Judge Convertible - only five were built (Year One catalog).


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Here come the Judge! At the height of the muscle car era was the Pontiac GTO as it helped jump start the craze in the 60s with the '64 model. Motormax has used this orange version in both their 3" toy line as well as in premium lines.

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juantoo3
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I remember the real ones on the streets when I was a kid...

This is nice enough I would grab one if the situation presented itself, but it does remind of the early PM Muscle Car 4X4 stance...in fact, that's what I thought it was at first until I remembered JL didn't cover the Judge that early on. Aside from that the details are tolerable for a low to mid-range piece.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Motormax did a respectable job on their GTO. If you look it over closely, it starts to get slippery in subtle shapes and feel. I got several of these, and they're fine for me.
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Egads...a high riding Pontiac - outside of the stance, it is a nice looking model.
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