[Mr_GTO]

'72 hood? Sorry if I missed it in the thread. Great thread.

['ol Pinion head]

Originally Posted by Mr_GTO

'72 hood? Sorry if I missed it in the thread. Great thread.

No, the two relief hoods began showing up in the late Winter of '71, this orbit orange '71 Judge was built several months later.

[Mr_GTO]

Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head

No, the two relief hoods began showing up in the late Winter of '71, this orbit orange '71 Judge was built several months later.

Cool thanks.

[Ram4king]

Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head

No, the two relief hoods began showing up in the late Winter of '71, this orbit orange '71 Judge was built several months later.

This judge was built in April so how does it have a 72 hood on it. Anybody ever think that maybe it was hit in the front and somebody replaced the hood and front bumper? Should it not have that filler panel in front of the radio support?
I thought that was a 72 piece only. Great car. Just not buying this black bumper theory you guys have adorned....

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by Ram4king

This judge was built in April so how does it have a 72 hood on it. Anybody ever think that maybe it was hit in the front and somebody replaced the hood and front bumper? Should it not have that filler panel in front of the radio support?
I thought that was a 72 piece only. Great car. Just not buying this black bumper theory you guys have adorned....

well I looked at my 71 oo front bumper and it appears to look just like the paint on my Lucerne blue judge. doesn't look like the oo was done after the fact. so it probably was done at the bumper mfg. ??????? I certainly don't have the answer.

[Judge273]

As a owner of a used 71 GTO in 77. I got it repainted in 78 including endura without issues.

Will say when I saw the OO Judge at MCACN the car was repainted including the endura intentionally painted black.

[Sport71]

Great car and great story. Cool that it has been in the same family for so long. Hopefully we'll see a nice article and photo spread in a future magazine article. Any theories why she doesn't retain the blacked-out grilles? Maybe, like Don mentioned as a possible scenario, the nose was tweaked some time in the past and they were replaced then. Also, she needs one of PB's air cleaner lid decals! Welcome aboard, 71JudgeFNG!!