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by Sean Mattingly. 1969 GTO Judge Parking Lot Biggest GTO image collection anywhere! |
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Here's a more recent set of pictures of the engine in Kyle's 1969 Judge. He says that the cam failed, so he had the engine rebuilt and repainted.CLICK->
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This pic was sent in by GTOLEGEND@aol.com who says this is a Ram Air 5 400. The engine is in one of Lance Kramer's cars. John Allen (gtosrus@gte.net), the publisher of Goatfinder GTO Classifieds provides more information on the engine:It is his '69 RA V 400" T/A. I featured that car & engine exclusively in my 3/95, 6/96 & 8/96 issues. I have some of the pix up in my office. It's the 2nd RA V "TunnelPort" I featured, and we posted it up on Dennis Monckton's Firebird site years ago... Make NO mistake - the RA V TunnelPorts are by NO means "typical." They are about as rare, exotic & expensive as you can get when it comes to Pontiac. NO Factory RA V cars are in existence, none sold to the public, although some dealer-installed units survive, and some have been built for 'historical' reasons just as if the factory had installed them, ie., the Purely PMD '69 JUDGE (Alan Gagleard). The engine(s) cost about $2000 back then which was a LOT of money. They were crated engines offered to racers over the counter thru dealerships, like: Bill KNAFEL PONTIAC of Akron built (12) '69 Golden Sabre RA V 400" GTOs & sold them to the public. The RA Vs I have featured include: the Purely PMD RA V 400" '69 JUDGE; Lance's '69 RA V 400" T/A; Dave Debono's '64 GTO w/a RA V; the KNAFEL '69 RA V 400" GTOs; Bill Schultz's '69 RA V 400" Royal Bobcat; a '70 RA V 400" T/A; and a '69 RA V 303" T/A. Other's I know of include a '69 RA V 400" T/A; Bob Mullikin's '69 RA V 400" JUDGE; a '70 GTO Conv w/a RA V 400"; Lynn McCarthy's '69 RA V 400" T/A (I featured an article on his T/As), and George Pearson's '69 RA V 03" SCCA T/A replica. Jerry Steinbrick also has a RA V in his 1-of-8 made '63 421SD "Swiss-cheese" lightweight Catalina Post, w/the original 421SD 2x4 engine long gone. You can count just about all of them on both hands... It's rather confusing because three different RA Vs were made (303" for SCCA T/As; 366" for NASCAR; and 400" for street GTO & Birds), all w/different block codes for different applications, including stick vs. autos. Plus, RA VI & RA VIIs were also made: A RA VI 428 4bbl was designed and a RA VII was a 2x4 428 design. And there was also a 2x4 303" RA V for the SCCA Birds... See what I means?!? -John Allen, Goatfinder GTO Classifieds CLICK->
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Brian also adds: "I hope to restore (this) '69 soon. It is a R/A III, 4 speed (no console) 3:90 posi car w/no AC or power brakes. The GTO is the Great One in my book. I saw a GTO Judge in Lot #2 that looked green. Any info on color combinations is welcome and keep on going! Long live the Judge!"CLICK->
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1969 Ram Air IV Judge interior view.CLICK->
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