I'd put a frame under it and go thru the mechanicals and drive it as is to shows to freak people out....looking just like it does. I bet it'd get more attention than the restored Judges!!
I guess the question is at what point does a restoration become a re-body/frame and affect the validity of the provenance of it being "the Judge" and also the legal and ethical ramifications? My guess is the way thats sunk in the ground on the drivers side the frame is "swiss cheese". I looked at a early run first year judge, that as you walked in from the front looked doable, as i came around the back and lifted the trunk everything from the axle hump back was GONE, trunk pan frame and all. only thing i could figure is someone left an old battery sitting in there as the rest of the car was mostly just dinged up. Guy still wanted 19,000.
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1970 Pontiac GTO
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