At 16 I was driving a $40 1978 Olds Omega. I walk into my father’s shop one day just as he is on the phone with one of his good friends. His friend is telling my father that one of his coworkers has this GTO that says Judge on the side.
It broke a timing chain and it is just sitting. The apartment building that it is beached at wants it gone, so he is just going to cut it up. My Dad tells him that he does not need another project but might be interested in some of the parts. Then my father looks at me and asks me if I am interested in a 69 GTO Judge project? Well I said yes.
My father tells him to offer the guy $800 for everything. He figured it had to worth that in parts if it is junk. The guy accepts. I gave my dad’s friend the money that night and he took it to work. He gets the title to the car and the keys from the guy with instruction to where the car is.
Never did meet the owner or saw the car.
We went out that weekend with a trailer and find a black RA3 69 Judge. Complete original drivetrain nice interior. All RA pieces there. Still even had the exhaust resonators that only the automatic cars had on them.
My dad helped me fix it and I put over 25K miles on before parking it for the next 20 years.
I brought it home from storage last October. Body is off the frame currently and reassembly is starting next week.
I know this a FGF board, but I am expecting to see some pics of this when its done!
