1970 Pontiac GTO Judge 400ci Ram Air III 4-Speed
Only Two (2) Documented Owners Since New
39,000 Original Documented Miles
Gorgeous Palladium Silver (Code 14) Exterior
Blue Vinyl (Code 250) Interior
Original Numbers Matching 400ci/366HP L74 (WS Code) Ram Air III Engine
Original Numbers Matching 4-Speed M20 Manual Transmission
Original 3.55 Ratio 10 Bolt Safe-T-Track Rear Axle
Options Include: WT1 Judge Package, M20 4-Speed Manual Transmission, G80 Safe-T-Track Differential, U63 AM Radio With W/S Antenna, U30 Rally Gauge Cluster, D55 Front Floor Console, N41 Power Steering, A02 Tinted Windshield, A90 Power Deck Lid Release, Y96 Handling, B93 Door Edge Guards, Dealer Installed Hood Pins
Heavily Documented With Complete Owner History, Original Window Sticker, Original Bill Of Sale, Protect-O-Plate, Warranty Book, Original Finance Contract, Original Ignition Hanger/Card, Oshawa Plant Build Sheet, And Oshawa Plant Shipping (To U.S.) IBM Punch Card
PHS (Pontiac Historic Services) Documentation and GM of Canada Heritage Certificate
Background
Pontiac updated the GTO's styling for 1970, giving it a new Endura nose with exposed headlamps, bodyside creases, and a revised rear bumper. Few muscle cars made a bolder visual statement than the 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge. Graphics and wings were wilder for '70. "The Judge" decals returned, multihued stripes appeared over the bodyside creases, and the 60-inch rear wing now stood high and proud on the tail. "The Judge," observed Road Test magazine, "is not for people who are shy about being looked at."
But there was no shortage of substance here. The 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge was all about unbridled muscle car performance. The Ram Air III brought 10.5:1 compression and produced 366hp at 5,100 RPM. The M20 had wide-ratios, while the M21 was a close-ratio. All of these manual transmissions were attached to 10.4-inch-diameter clutch discs in 400-inch engines. All four-speed Judges got a Hurst T-handle shifter. The 400-cid V-8 came with functional hood scoops (an underdash knob controlled air flow).
Although cornering was never The Judge's strongest trait, it became much more fun in 1970 due to some important suspension modifications. A .875-inch anti-roll bar was fitted in the rear for the first time, and the front bar was enlarged to 1.125 inches in diameter. These bars were coupled with stronger lower rear control arms for 400-cu.in. cars, and those with four-speed manuals gained extra frame reinforcement brackets. Revised springs, and revised shock valving including the introduction of variable-ratio power steering also improved response.
Because The Judge was the top-level GTO, it was fitted with expanded vinyl Morrokide buckets with "comfort weave" inserts, standard headrests, a center console and a dashboard trimmed in woodgrain and engine-turned metal.
Only 3,797 copies of the Judge were sold in 1970. But for extroverts, limited-production car collectors, speed freaks and fans of late Sixties pop culture, the wildest GTO of all is tops. Sporty young and young-at-heart drivers will feel right at home behind the wheel of The Judge. More than 40 years ago, in an attempt to recapture some of the sales they lost to the saturated muscle car market, the Pontiac Motor Division gave the GTO a similar treatment, and The Judge was born and continues it’s iconic status in the muscle car era.
1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air III 4-Speed
Fact Sheet - By The Numbers
VIN # 2423701115425
Trim Tag Info: ST70 24237 0S609161 BDY
TR 250 14 14 PNT
12C A90WT1D80M20
D55
Body Build Date: 012C (3rd Week Of Production December, 1969)
Style: 24237 (1970 GTO Hardtop Oshawa, Canada Plant)
Trim: 250 (Blue)
Paint: 14 (Palladium Silver)
Engine Casting: 9799914 (400ci)
Engine Stamp: 0279421 WS (Ram Air III 4-Speed EUN Matches GM Canada Docs)
VIN Stamp: 201115425
Engine Casting Date Code: K 03 9 (November 3, 1969)
Transmission Date Code: P0S25A (November 25, 1969 M20 Wide-Ratio)
VIN Stamp: 201115425
Rear Axle Stamp Code: XH (3.55 Ratio Safe-T-Track)
Cylinder Head Casting Codes: 12 (L74 Ram Air III)
Cylinder Head Casting Date Codes: J109 Left & J169 Right (October 10/16, 1969)
Intake Manifold Casting Code: 9799068 Date Code: K209 (November 20, 1969)
Rochester Quadrajet Carb: 7040273 WC 2959 (Ram Air III 4-Speed, 295th Day 1969)
Distributor: 1112010 9G19 (WS Engine Code July 18, 1969)
Wheels/Rims: JT Rally II (Including Spare) Date Codes: 11 26, 11 28, and 12 5
Glass Windshield: AS1 DCL CF69 (November, 1969) DCL is Duplate Canada Ltd.
Glass Rear Window: AS2 DCL AL69 (September, 1969)
Glass Passenger Side Door & Quarter: AS2 DCL AL69 AK69 (September, 1969)
Glass Drivers Side Door & Quarter: AS2 DCL AL69 AL69 (September, 1969)
Side Mirror: 11 DMI 9
Custom Ordered In November 1969 And Purchased New By Sandra Knox In January 1970 From Hamilton Pontiac In Irwin, PA
Original MSRP $4,250.79
The Original Owner Kept A Written Log Of Every Gas Fill Up And Service Record
Original Owner Documentation Includes A Handwritten Letter Of Farewell And History To The Second Owner, Including Annual Registrations, Insurance Cards, Etc.
Sold To The Second Owner In 2000 With Only 37,000 Original Miles
Treated To A Stunning Frame Off Restoration Which Was Completed In 2002, Driven Very Sparingly Since The Restoration And Stored In A Strict Climate Controlled Environment
Interior Is 100% Original With The Exception Of New Carpet And Package Tray
One Of Only 288 GTO Judges Built In The Oshawa, Ontario Plant (First Year Of GTO Judge Production In Canada) And Sold In the United States
PHS (Pontiac Historical Services) Documentation & GM Of Canada Heritage Certificate
1970 GTO Judge’s Are Impossible To Find This Nicely Documented
Appeared Prominently In The Book "GTO: Pontiac's Great One" By Darwin Holmstrom and Photos By David Newhardt
Quite Possibly The Most Documented 1970 GTO Judge On The Planet
Just Out Of A High End Private Muscle Car Collection
This Color Combination Is Rarely Seen And Is An Absolute Knockout
An Iconic 70's Muscle Car With Unmistakable Provenance
Very Unique Opportunity To Own A Piece Of Pontiac GTO History
This One Is For The Serious Pontiac GTO Enthusiast And Collector
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The Detroit station wagon was fast losing sales to minivans and trucks as the decade of the 1980s progressed, but Pontiac shoppers still had plenty of choices as late as the 1988 model year. A visit to a Pontiac dealership in 1988 would have presented you with three sizes of wagon, from the little Sunbird through the midsize 6000 and up to the mighty Parisienne-based Safari. Today's Junkyard Gem is a luxed-up 6000 LE, complete with "wood" paneling, found in a car graveyard in Fargo, North Dakota. Confusingly, the "Safari" name in 1988 was used by Pontiac to designate both a specific model — the wagon version of the Parisienne/Bonneville— and as the traditional Pontiac designation for a station wagon. That meant that the wagon we're looking at now was a Safari but not the Safari in the 1988 Pontiac universe. The 6000 lived on the GM A-Body platform, as the Pontiac-badged version of the Chevrolet Celebrity. Production ran from the 1982 through 1991 model years, with the A-Body Buick Century surviving all the way through 1996. The LE trim level came between the base 6000 and the gloriously complex 6000 STE (which wasn't available in wagon form, sadly). I visited this yard in Fargo after judging at the Minneapolis 500 24 Hours of Lemons in Brainerd, Minnesota, last fall. Up to that point, I had visited 47 of the Lower 48 United States, with just North Dakota remaining, so I made a point of doing a Fargo detour in order to check that state off my list. I'm pleased that I found such a good example of the 1982-1996 GM A-Body in this yard, because the most famous of all the A-Bodies is the 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera driven to Brainerd by the inept Fargo-based kidnappers in the film "Fargo." This Minnesota-plated 6000 had some rust, but just negligible levels by Upper Midwestern standards on a 31-year-old car. The interior looked very good, with the original owner's manual still inside. The 6000 LE boasted "redesigned contoured seats and London/Empress fabric," which sounds pretty swanky. Something less swanky lives under the hood: an Iron Duke 2.5-liter pushrod four-cylinder engine, known as the Tech 4 by 1988. The Iron Duke was, at heart, one cylinder bank of the not-quite-renowned Pontiac 301-cubic-inch V8; while fairly rugged, the Duke ran rough (typical of large-displacement straight-four engines) and made just 98 horsepower in this application. Pontiac offered a couple of optional V6s in the 6000 in 1988, but no Quad 4.
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