...long story
...in 1969 I was sitting at a light in my 68 GTO, when the owner of this Judge pulled up beside me looking for a race....light changed and he was gone before I knew what had happened.....first time I ever saw a Judge, didn't even know what it was
...thru the decades I always heard the car still existed and it was stored close to my home, but I never ever made contact with the owner and always heard the car wasn't for sale anyway...everytime I went down the street I looked at the garage where I thought it might have been, but never saw anyone to talk to and when I stopped I never found anyone at home...
...last week at my restaurant a lady sitting next to me mentioned casually she had a 69 Judge she bought new, I knew immediately which Judge it was...we talked and she told me she was ready to part with it due to recent changes in her health and the next day she called to see if I really wanted the car...today, I became the owner of the "Barn Judge", the mysterious Judge I had seen 40 years ago and had pursued for decades.... the car has been parked in the same little garage since 1975....it's dusty, dirty and needs some TLC, but 40 years later it is heading home with me....
...a friend is scheduled to pick the car up Friday and relocate it to his resto shop for a thorough photo doccumentation, cleaning and mechanical evaluation....the goal for now it to record everything for reference during a future restoration and to see if it can be road ready once again.... or, maybe it can be a decent "survivor"
...all those years and it was within easy walking distance of my house
