73 Phantom GTO Judge

[DoctorLarry]

This was a modernized version of a "phantom" 73 GTO Judge. My own resin body and interior, oversize resin wheels  from EBAY, 72 Cutlass chassis, 66 GTO engine and lots of scratch building. Testor's Flaming Orange paint. A fun build. Trying to think up some decals for it but calling the construction phase done.

[The Modeling Hermit]

It should have been made in the real world.   Your work is excellent.

[charger74]

It looks great 

[PappyD340]

Very nice GTO!

[espo]

Great looking paint and color. I like how you used the Pontiac's iconic Hood Tach. 

[Kah puts]

Well that looks killer. 

[AMT68]

Excellent creation. My second car was a base (non louvered quarter window) '73 LeMans coupe in Slate Green. So seeing this is really cool. 

[bisc63]

VERY nice! That color works beautifully for this car. Has a great muscle car vibe, and that engine bay detail is sweeet!

[RAMBENNA]

really cool, nice build

[Leica007]

Lots of work on the engine detail, looks great, also really like your wheel choice.

[ClassicDarts]

Awesome! The '73 is my favorite GTO out of all of the years they made them.

I guess it's not objectively the best-looking, but I like all of the '73-77 Pontiac colonnade cars... and the '73 (Luxury) LeMans and GTO specifically, the most.

 

I didn't come up with this, because it's not obvious at all, and I forget where I read it, but I agree with it:

the overall '73 LeMans design (in coupe form, anyway) intentional or not... vaguely looks like like a 70's interpretation of an early-40's coupe. (other than the huge mandated bumpers) Maybe that's a bit out-there... but it stuck with me. I could see what they meant by it.

Edited April 24, 2022 by ClassicDarts

[slusher]

Beautifully done!

[happy grumpy]

Very cool

[Bigfoot]

My 1st car was a 1974 GTO. It was basically a Ventura with the GTO visual package.

[Mattilacken]

Sweet build!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Great looking build! Love the wheels!