Rare American 'muscle car' could sell for $1 million
1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV Convertible - photo courtesy of RM Auctions |
A selection of cars from the 1960s and 70s and other American classics, belonging to U.S. car enthusiast and entrepreneur Milton Robson, will go under the hammer this week at Robson's estate in Gainesville, Georgia.
The star lot of the sale is a 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV Convertible. Only five of these cars were ever made, and only one in black. The collection includes a Ford Cabriolet dating from 1933 and a 2008 Mega Truck with a trailer measuring 48 feet. But it's the muscle cars that are the star attraction. Alain Squindo is the RM Auctions car specialist for the event. He told CNN: "A muscle car is a performance car that was built in Detroit in a brief period in its heyday in the 1960s."
Estimates for what these cars could command at auction range between $100,000 and $1 million. According to Squindo, a rare example can be as covetable as a European sports car from the same era, a fact which he attributes to nostalgia for the period but also rarity.
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The 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV Convertible pictured above has a 370 hp, 400 cu. in. V-8 with 10.75:1 compression and 445 lb-ft of torque, four-barrel carburetor, four-speed manual transmission, front discs with rear wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 112"
- One of only five produced in this configuration and the only one finished in Starlight Black
- The recipient of a full body-off restoration and in perfect overall condition
- One of the most rare and desirable Pontiac's in existence