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Originally Posted by CraigGT37
Mike, i have a 71 dealer sales book. A salesman had hand written note in it. They had x'd out The Judge package and wrote in "not available after march 14th 1971". Maybe they extended the deadline and this order just made it in?
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That's interesting! I haven't seen a reference before to March 14th.
I have a 1971 album page where a salesman wrote in that the The Judge was not available after March 1st.
The official Detroit News article from Feb 19th, 1971 states that Jim McDonald announced the GTO convertible and Judge option would be discontinued March 1st.
The Feb 11th, 1971 Car Distribution Bulletin #71-71 states that all orders for Judges would be rejected after Feb 15th, 1971.
It's possible that this Judge made it into the order bank just before the cutoff date, and maybe because of the special paint, it was held up in channels until corporate or zone finally accepted it.
The build sheet may still be in the car. Would be interesting to see the special paint notation and the original date it was scheduled for assembly.
Mike
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