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denpsim · 04-23-2006, 10:03 AM

did any judges have vinyl tops

SWEETJUDGE · 04-23-2006, 10:08 AM

YES, rare & undesirable......... to most.

in pricing & value a non vinyl top will be worth more & more people will want it.

MOST judges with the vinyl tops are often considered fakes but so are most non regular colored judges aswell.

denpsim · 04-23-2006, 10:16 AM

Thanks

kaysersuzuki · 04-23-2006, 01:13 PM

have a triple black ram ir 4 car sitting in the weeds 5 mile from my house

Todd Kozak · 04-23-2006, 01:33 PM

triple black Judge would be a cool thing in my opinion, about the only way you could get away with a vinyl top on a Judge and still retain absolute value. Vinyl top does knock some $$ off a traditional color car. Lately I don't seem to mind looking at black vinyl top on a Carousel Red 69, especially an automatic car... getting old maybe? I've heard of a White 69 Judge with automatic and Green vinyl top and Green interior. I've seen pics of a Goldenrod Yellow 69 Judge with black vinyl top which looks good.

69 RA GTO · 04-23-2006, 02:55 PM

Here are a couple of Judges with Vinyl Tops. I for one love Judges with Vinyl Tops and am looking for any colored 69 Judge with a Vinyl Top

gtohurstjudge · 04-23-2006, 07:03 PM

About ten years ago at a car show in Springfield Missouri I saw a Carousel
Red Hardtop Judge with parchment interior and black vinyl top. It was a true Judge
and was built that way from the factory. To me. the combo was gorgeous. It had a crowd around it all day.

the71judge · 04-23-2006, 07:16 PM

What about two tone paint for judges? I've seen a few of the vinyl top ones, but can't remember ever seeing a two tone car except mine. By the way, my name is Erik and this is my first post. I have been lying in the weeds for years happily taking everyones free advice which I thank you all very much for.

Todd Kozak · 04-23-2006, 07:58 PM

You may be better off in the weeds than on this forum but glad you made it anyway, Eric. What color is yours and is it a 71? I've also got a friend who owns a 'two-tone' Judge , but his is Cardinal Red top and bottom, with the chrome trim in between, a factory goof or somebody liked that chrome trim but not two different colors.

the71judge · 04-23-2006, 09:17 PM

Yes, mine is a 71 that is tropical lime on the bottom with a white painted top. There seem to be a couple of other odd things about the car. All 71's were supposed to have blacked out grills but mine doesn't. They all came with 12 bolt rear ends but mine is a 10 bolt posi. It also has an auto on the column. I have owned the car for 20 years and have talked to the previous owners and none of them changed the rear end or the front grills. The second owner hated the white top and had it painted green. The third owner was the one who replaced the original engine and transmission, but I was able to find a 71 455ho service replacement block and a close to correct transmission.

69 RA GTO · 04-23-2006, 10:38 PM

Welcome to the Board Eric,

You HAVE to post a picture or at least send me one via E-Mail. I absolutely LOVE Tropical Lime 71 GTO's, and I have never seen a Judge in that color, then you add the white painted top, heck that is the icing on the cake in my book. I would really love to see what it looks like. Thanks for your input.

GOATFF71 · 04-23-2006, 11:50 PM

Erik,

Welcome to the board, I also have a 71 Judge that i dont believe ever had the grills blacked out. I cant be as certain as you since i dont have the history from each owner but i do have pics of the car from about 78 and in the pics there are several things that didnt quite make sense, the grills aren't blacked out, the scoop inserts are not blacked out, and strangest of all the drivers side rear quarter stripe is backwards, it's a stripe from the right side on the left. all of these things were still this way when i bought it, the stripe was still this way and the stripe was every bit as old as the stripes on the rest of the car. I dont plan on recreating this but it is an interesting part of the car. Must have been a friday afternoon car

the71judge · 04-24-2006, 12:27 AM

I've try and post a picture. The only ones that I have are the ones with the body separated from the frame before I took it to the body shop. (I still don't have it back) I tried to upload pictures, but it said that the files types were too large. Do you know how to make the pictures smaller? It would be interesting to know on what day our cars were made. I have heard of some oddities that came across the assembly line back in the day.