BRIEF MANUFACTURER DETAILS AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY OF CAR:

The Tempest model line received another facelift for the 1970 model year. Hidden headlights were deleted in favor of four exposed round headlamps outboard of narrower grille openings. The nose retained the protruding vertical prow theme, although it was less prominent. While the standard Tempest and LeMans had chrome grilles, the GTO retained the Endura urethane cover around the headlamps and grille.

The suspension was upgraded with the addition of a rear anti-roll bar, essentially the same bar as used on the Oldsmobile 442 and Buick Gran Sport. The front anti-roll bar was slightly stiffer. The result was a reduction in body lean in turns and a modest reduction of understeer.

Another handling-related improvement was optional variable-ratio power steering. Rather than a fixed ratio of 17.5:1, requiring four turns lock-to-lock, the new system varied its ratio from 14.6:1 to 18.9:1, needing 3.5 turns lock-to-lock. Turning diameter was reduced from 40.9 feet (12.5 m) to 37.4 feet (11.4 m).

The base engine was unchanged for 1970, but the low-compression economy engine was deleted and the “400 Ram Air”(aka “Ram Air III”), now called “Ram Air”, and Ram Air IV remained available.

The Judge package remained available as an option on the GTO. The Judge came standard with the “Ram Air” 400 V8, while the Ram Air IV was optional. Though the 455 HO V8 was available as an option on the standard GTO throughout the entire model year, the 455 HO was not offered on the Judge until late in the year. Orbit Orange (a bright school bus yellow hue) became the new feature color for the 1970 Judge, but any GTO color was available. Arch striping was relocated to the creases above the wheel wells, a new styling trait of the 1970 GTO introduced the previous year on the 1969 Firebird. The Judge package also included dark argent grille surrounds, black painted hood air inlet ornaments, and a revised higher rear airfoil.

BRIEF STORY OF THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE: 

All original, This is a rare GTO, with A/C, P/W, P/S, P/B 

The original owner spared no expense on extras….

In my senior year of high school (1969) two kids had brand new GTO’s…. I was so jealous…. I knew one day I would have one…. This car is a perfect example of a survivor, “A Goat” …. the car that coined the name “Muscle Car” in 1964…. there were over 40,149 1970 GTOs made and 3,783 were convertibles…. this is one of them…….