[Baron Von Zeppelin]

The Green 69 Judge
Pretty sure it is the same car that was RNM on BaT about a year ago. +/-

With VIN X'd out and no PHS posted or trim tag - it is likely the same car to keep savvy folks from seeing it's previous vetting on BaT.

None of the colors are factory issue and it wasn't a Vinyl Top car.
But was a real Judge iirc
Maybe Orange with Black interior originally.
Weird color package choices to convert it to.

I'm also thinking this is the car with the weird 68/69 buffalo block.
Garden variety block with odd code/big car VIN from 2 different year models. iirc

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Yes , same car.
46,5000 RNM a year ago on BaT
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...-gto-judge-27/

01D Pattern Judge , with heavy color changes. Car 09-00041




1968 YE block code , 9790071 block (69 YE was 350 block 9790079)
Dec 9 , 1968 date code ?
High EUN 611016 ?
1968 hand stamp VIN stamp 28C126781

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Consignment guy on BaT got in contact with me after the auction.
Wanted advice on what course to take with car to get into the 60's or 70's with it.
Told him to just let the owner worry about it , walk away.

[Rachelsdad]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

Consignment guy on BaT got in contact with me after the auction.
Wanted advice on what course to take with car to get into the 60's or 70's with it.
Told him to just let the owner worry about it , walk away.

Curious, was the consignment guy thinking that by emphasizing/de-emphasizing things in the description, the car could get to a better price? Edit: Never mind; after reading the comments on BaT, I understand better, now (my head wasn't in gear). Indeed, there's a lot wrong with this car, and that's a sad thing.

My favorite quote (of yours) in those comments:

Somehow not surprising you don’t know the cylinder head from the exhaust manifold.

ROFL

One would think, though, that someone in the market to spend upward of $70K on a car would either already be familiar or would do his due diligence.

The real question for me is whether the car could be returned to matching the build sheet (sans the numbers matching on the engine), and what that might cost. (Not my era, so I'm not qualified to even make a WAG on that.)

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

The $46,5000 was full max price if someone wanted to put it back Orange and remove the vinyl top.
Black interior and underbelly color change.
For non-numbers car, they would be borderline on the finished product.

Whoever changed the car so drastically must have been replicating a car from their past.
They spent a lot of money de-valuing the car.

Never did get the casting date from intake , but he took pics of every other square inch of the intake.
It had the right casting number.
Never got carb ID , but it's a Carter so definitely not a correct RamAir carb.
The 48 heads are dated correct for the car.

It's a decent solid car.
Was in Virginia Beach then , in New Bern NC now.
Must be a prospective flipper with extremely high hopes at 83k

[thews]

Originally Posted by Rachelsdad

The real question for me is whether the car could be returned to matching the build sheet (sans the numbers matching on the engine), and what that might cost. (Not my era, so I'm not qualified to even make a WAG on that.)

The ROI would never warrant a color change. As long as the engine is not NM, the colors make less of a difference. Interesting they painted it green. I love it and there are many more orange cars. It may not be a lot of things, but what it is, is a Judge 4-speed. You could prolly talk it down based on what you guys unearthed on it.