Top 20 Muscle Cars of All Time

10. 1969 Pontiac GTO The Judge Ram Air IV

Though originally intended as a budget machine to take on Plymouth’s Road Runner, by the time it showed up in showrooms in January 1969, it was a more expensive and visually aggressive GTO. Named after Sammy Davis Jr.’s “Here Comes The Judge” skit on TV’s Laugh-In, The Judge was a parody of the muscle car over decorated with stripes, spoiler, blacked-out grille and goofy “The Judge” fender decals. At the time, it was often derided as cartoonish, but there were a lot of cartoonish muscle cars being made back then. The Pontiac GTO The Judge Ram Air IV had a 400 cubic inch V8 engine that produced 370 horsepower and 445 lb-ft of torque. Only 700 ‘69 GTO coupes were built with the Ram Air IV option and a rarer five Judge Convertibles were built with the option.