For Sale: 1969 Pontiac GTO in Cadillac, Michigan

1969 GTO JUDGE . ORIGINAL MATCHING NUMBERS ENGINE, 400 c.i. RamAir III. PONTIAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY verified with THE JUDGE OPTION. Here is what we can tell you about this car. The current owner purchased the car in 1999 from a guy in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was a sort of car broker and he had several GTOs and was raising money to start a business. The car was titled out of California when the current owner bought it. The reasons that he bought the car were: verified Judge option, block number matched the VIN, and it was super clean underneath. This car was obviously somewhere warm for most of its life. In the pictures of the bottom of the car he did not clean the underside of the car as he didn't want to appear that he had painted the bottom. The lighter color you see on the underneath pictures are just dirt. After he bought the car he replaced any rusted metal brake and fuel lines and all of the rubber brake and fuel lines. He blasted the Rally II wheels and powder coated the silver base on them. He added the charcoal gray and several coats of clear to them. They still look great almost 20 years later. He installed an original GTO 'wood wheel' even though it is not original to this car it looks great. The wood wheels fetch over $400. He believes that he has the original black steering wheel that he will include with the car. The car runs strong although it doesn't get run often enough. He rebuilt the motor in 2006. If he recalls correctly, it is bored 30 over. He added a mechanical oil pressure gauge just because it is so important. He bought a new Optima battery in August 2018 for it. He had the engine out again in 2020 to fix a broken gasket causing an oil leak. Body wise the bottom side is clean. He had to replace the panel directly between the rear window and the deck lid. There are a few bubbles under the paint on the deck lid that haven't worsened since he has owned the car. There are some scrapes and scratches in the paint, that's why he posted