Michelin Presents Wallpaper Wednesday: 1969 Pontiac GTO The Judge
All rise for The Judge. Way back in 1969, the first Led Zeppelin album was released, President Richard Milhous Nixon became our 37th President, the X-rated Midnight Cowboy starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman was in theaters and Pontiac gave us this beautiful, orange GTO dubbed “The Judge.”
The Judge sold for $3,488 back then and today you’d be lucky to find one for $34,000 and up. Way up. Rare convertible versions fetch nearly half a million dollars at auction.
So, unless you have the cash, you are probably better off hunting for original Led Zeppelin vinyl than finding a classic Pontiac like The Judge here. Honk your horn and tell us about it in the forum.>>
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Photo courtesy of Bill McChesney