Right up front, it's next to impossible to verify that this is an actual GTO Judge without looking at the original paperwork. It's also been repainted and lacks all the badges and decals. The "statement color" for the 1970 Judge was Orbit Orange, which was a lighter, yellower hue than this. This looks more like the Carousel Red from 1969.
Also, 1970 Judge convertibles are vanishingly rare. Skyrocketing insurance rates were crippling muscle car sales in 1970. Pontiac only sold 40,149 GTOs for that model year. Only 3,797 of that number were Judges, and only 168 Judges were ragtops.
It's every bit as likely to be a regular '70 GTO convertible with the hood tach and wing added by a later owner. Still, it's a super cool ride.
When Car Life tested a 1970 GTO coupe with the L74 366 SAE gross horsepower Ram Air III 400cid V-8, a four-speed manual, and a 3.90:1 rear end, they managed a zero-to-sixty time of six seconds flat and a 14.6 quarter at 100mph. Top speed was a buck-twenty-one and price as tested was $5,057, or about $42,300 in today's money.
This one was photographed in October of 2021 using a Nikon D3 and a 24-120mm f/4 VR zoom lens.
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