The Black Ghost! 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger | Mecum Auctions Indy | MotorTrend
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- Godfrey Qualls, a Detroit police officer by day and mysterious street drag racer by night, dominated the Motor City power scene with his black 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T SE, nicknamed "The Black Ghost". Watch Mecum Auctions Indy on MotorTrend TV and MotorTrend+ ➡️ bit.ly/3CwcM2a
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What do you think this car is worth?
Anything is only worth what someone will pay for it...its a stock hemi challenger...That said, its Mecums, so....buck 25 give or take, maybe a buck 50 if its hyped and drinks are flowin..
200k
Not nearly as much as it sold for
150,000
Maybe 300K Wow someone really wanted that thing, 1M. dang.
I'm 52 years old, from Detroit. No body ever heard of this car before the media put it out there. The older guys in their 70's and 80's that raced on Woodward never heard of it.
The same guy that said he'd never sell it sure had a change of heart after the media hyped it up.
There are literally videos on youtube from 6 years ago where people say they know of the car. Keep being salty, Boomer
@@mT_atvF5KCVHlk leave it to some zoomer kid to believe a BS story about a 14 sec car ruling the street races 😂😂😂
@@DerekCastleSr. go make me a sandwich, gradmpa and vote for BIDEN you LIBERAL
@@mT_atvF5KCVHlk Lol tell me about the 7 second Civics you saw on TH-cam 😂. Thinking a stock 426 car on bias plies was king of Detroit GTFOH 😂
@@mT_atvF5KCVHlk you believe everything you see on the internet? 😆 You got a lot to learn kid 🙃
See Uncle Tony’s Garage on this car. It’s an eye opener!
Yep, great con job, " how to run up a price"
Exactly right UTG
Someone should be suing
Exactly why I'm here .
I just watch it. What a scam
He really auctioned it off… his dad rollin in grave rn
He’s a lame
Absolute shame he auctioned his dad's car...
too bad it aint the real one. And its a mostly made up story. just like most of the junk they sell. they guy that sold it makes movies and writes underdog stories hmmmmm sound really familiar dont it? ive had the displeasure to work on not one but two of their finest pos they sold for way to much money to a customer of mine. he spent upwards of 60k on a z and a square body both were hack jobs at best. buyer beware when dealing with anyone connected to these people at least have the car checked by a real tech NOT BY THEIR PEOPLE
I would have auctioned it too. We are temporary caretakers of temporary items.
That’s not the black ghost. It’s stock optioned out and original. The black ghost was built to race. Does that look like a race car to you that can run 10s or does it look like a 14 second car.
Can't wait to put my Vanishing Point Camaro up for sale
or the Elenore SS454 Hemi Javelin!!!
@@CaptDesmo dude my dad had that car. it was the baddest thing around
I have a VW Bug General Lee
you mean the one they crashed at the end of the movie ? hahaha
14-second car that beat everything on the road? How big was that fish you caught 20 footer😂
@DucknCoverin cornpop was a bad dude
@@andme9408Cornpop was the hero who tried to save America
The Hemi was under rated on horse power and alot of them were low 11 sec cars stock! The 14 sec car was the 440 v8 not the Hemi. A 11 sec car at that time was insane! Now my Tesla does 10s lol!@DucknCoverin
The Hemi was under rated on horse power and alot of them were low 11 sec cars stock! The 14 sec car was the 440 v8 not the Hemi. A 11 sec car at that time was insane! Now my Tesla does 10s lol!
These were high 12 second cars with slicks and everything else stock.
Till the owner finds out some of the story was made up. Then realizes they own a $150,000 car that needs full restoration
My 91 Fox body with some bolt on mods would give that thing a run for it’s money.
75 tops for that clapped out hemi
A good bone stock lx 5.0 5 speed fox would beat this thing. Put Headers. slicks and a tune on it and it would be a very different story.
So would a pack of gum.
U out run it easily
@@MrJayo73
You are probably correct. I’m a little high with my estimate
Uncle Tony did a great episode on this car calling it a huge scam
Uncle tony video is worth checking . .
Yes it is. I ate up the story without any critical thoughts.
yes it is five min of research will tell you alot about how many lies they told to hype up this pos
@@alexs3318 stock car down to exhaust manifolds that would have been gone on day one is something.
Indeed
Its really not, he is the biggest hater ive ever seen, all of you idiots that are entertained by what this jealous old man is saying yall are just as jealous as he is. This dude is being a straight up hater and he cant even hide it.
He said his dad told him not to sell his car when he signed it over to him in the hospital bed...smh. It would've still been sitting in my garage if my dad told me that... just goes to show that memories do have a price...sad.
Why? Something has no value until it is sold.
I can’t imagine the father wanted him to just keep the car. The money the car brought to the family is worth more than a promise.
The car was a stock Hemi Challenger with some Africa stickers on it. It looks like a decent survivor but not some mythical high value thing.
He said don't give his car away.
@georgeford3514 (Look...I'm not fixing to split hairs with you..if it was my old mans car.. it would still be sitting in my garage... like I mentioned before... some memories don't have a price. But it just goes to show that this generation doesn't care about nothing but money.
You're assuming he has a garage to keep it in. It depends on the guys living situation, if he has a good job owns a home, and is living a good life, he should keep it. If he's renting an apartment, it will really help him get ahead, he's better off with a house than a car he has to pay to store.
@@Backwoods_870 The dad tried to sell it himself back in 1986. Lmao
Here in southern PA Amishland......my 93 Geo Metro convertible is considered stuff of legend. Affectionately referred to around these here parts as "The Mint Julip Green Ghost."
I grew up in the speed shops and track, around racers and builders, had every car magazine I could get my hands on and not once did I ever hear of this car and trust me being around that crowd you hear all the stories about who's who's and what there running or what you think there running. Cool car and the original owner is the ultimate Hero badass but I think the son's street racing story is b.s.
Big Willie Robinson is a legit street racing legend who drove a black Charger Daytona and was an Ultimate Badass Hero too. Maybe the inspiration behind the son's story.
My thoughts exactly, no shred of pedigree in this story .
Big Willie had all the media and could run nails to back it up .
I've gotta call bs on this hype .
@@duncandmcgrath6290 (Just a story to hype up the sale of a car)
I will forever refer to this car as cornpops
Bwah hah ha ha ha ha 😂😂!!!
Jim Wagners died recently. His Pontiacs were kinda legendary. More of a legend than this car
True. His car called "Black Bird" had a 428 and real street racing cred.
Ok cool but what does kinda mean ?
Uhhh, that's a 14-second car. The fastest cars in Detroit of that era ran 10s, such as the Silver Bullet. This car might have cruised Woodward, but it's no street racer.
Uncle tony fan?
@@tommycanovan5892 Tommy thinks it's fast. 😂😂😂😂
Cool car, not the legend they make it out to be. Yeah, there were a lot of faster cars around in Detroit during that time. Some of the faster cars did cruise Woodward.. after they were trailered there. Most of the real street racing was done elsewhere.
I grew up in Detroit and was in my late teens to early 20s then.
@@tommycanovan5892 I think I caught him also. I saw a few on this car already and decided to poke at it. It's all story no substance. Like the Ghost of Kyiv, it sure seems like a lot of grifter ghosts around. Either people are getting got, or laundering money.
Soooo a bone stock Hemi was blowing everyone away at Woodward back in the day ? That’s a high 13 or low 14 second car. The owner is a film maker story taker, look him up. Someone paid some serious money for a great story ,,, ugh !!
Steve Lisk had a challenger at the time this car was allegedly raced that would've blown its doors off!
Its in the low to mind 12s with that engine and final drive gears. Is it over hyped? Could be. But its a stupidly rare combination of options, and sometimes fairy tails are better then the truth.
The trailer hitch was the secret weapon.
It was a red light Bandit he raced from Redlight Redlight no quarter mile or no 8 Mile just red light to red light that's all he was known for
They guy who bought it might have a good lawsuit if true.
Nice stock 14 second car with all the luxury options at 4000lbs. Not a drag car. Can't find any people who raced Detroit streets at this time 70-75 who raced it. Thinking the people voting who won bid it up high for their movie coming out😂
It requires that you actually look and not just say you did.
Bang on Greg,NEVER LET THE TRUTH GET IN THE WAY OFF A GOOD STORY
This car is way cool. What the story is horseshit
The biggest ripoff in classic car history. Look the original owner served his country in the Army and also as a Detroit Cop. He has my undying respect. But his car was a really nice box checked muscle car meant for him to cruise around town and join in with the guys. Now who’s going to argue that a 69 L88 with a reverse valve body and side pipes is going to lose to a 4100 lb car!! Sorry I can’t hear you!! That’s right because you know I am right!!!!
They hyped this car and made $$. The story of this car owing Woodward ave is a fairytale.
His dad gave him the car and said "Dont you sell my car ", then he sold it as soon as the hype kicked in. His dad would have wanted him to take care of his family so if he got enough money from the sale to put them on easy street, I think his dad would be ok with it. The car was inheritance passed down to him👍
Whoever bought this should never check out Uncle Tony's Garage...
And get a lawyer.
Uncle Tony is the only reason I know about this car.
I believed this story till I found out the truth ?? His father was an honorable person and would be disgusted .
his father wanted 80k for this car in the late 80's
he basically told him "dont give my car away" meaning "This is your inheritance, get as much as you possibly can." his dad would be proud of the lies he spun.
Ruled the streets but the only mods that were listed were removing mufflers and adding an ignition box lol. Don’t forget they added the trailer hitch.
Chrysler speed research development engineers ruled the streets.
And the neato fender sticker.
The hitch was for weight transfer to the rear for traction.
@@thejourney7395 Those Africa stickers were popular during the 80's.
What the son should have done was buy a brand new 2023 Last Call Black Ghost, create a TH-cam channel, tour around with both cars allowing these famous TH-camrs to test drive and compare, do some track times, just overall car content. Go on Jay Leon’s garage etc. he’d make his money for the family and keep the car in the family at the same time
Ehhhh, yeah, he’s not capable of thinking that far ahead. Lol. ‘Instant fix’ is how he’s thinkin’.
I just hope the new owner restores it. The story may be fake, but that's a very nice car.
That thing was beat to death in person 😳
It appears this car was hyped-up quite a bit over the last few years. As a 'bone-stock' hemi challenger, I'm sure the original owner had fun (and perhaps did quite well), racing other bone-stock muscle cars of the time. But that's the only (class) it could have played in. Still, great story from back in the day, when street racing factory original muscle cars, on Friday and Saturday night, was the thing. I partook in this fun for the second wave, the 80's, when racing my '87 Grand National, another legendary black beauty - against Mustang GT's, Iroc Z's, Corvettes (and some first generation muscle cars) was the thing - then. Lots of fun.
NO disrespect to the Father who owned it. But imaging the Steve Lisk Challenger lining up next to that car on Woodward and 14th...
That buyer bought a highly used challenger worth $65,000
How this got past all these "experts" in the modern age is priceless. There is going to be a ton of embarassed folks involved with this one. Plus the new owner may have a case against the auction house and owner when it comes to false advertising. If it sounds too good to be true it probably isn't...Lol! Then, given the circumstances could we also be looking at a case of stolen valor? Hopefully not Bc that is a very serious issue. You don't want to get on Don Shippley's radar.
Forget auction house the story was promoted by Dodge.
Money got it passed them
Nice car, legend? Never heard of the guy
The ONE thing his dad said not to do. ONE thing. The love of money makes people do some pretty awful things. Well, good for him.
Nice car but I'll keep my Chevelle with the 427 that'll work around it on any quarter mile
A 390 hp 69 Grand Prix would be stuck on the drivers door handle all the way down the boulevard embarrassing the poor Street hemi
That's hysterical - NOT @@Hot80s
This is the biggest scam ever. Mecum should be ashamed of themselves.This whole story is fake. This car didnt dominate anything out on Woodward. Maybe he dominated against junk cars in Detroit but, not anywhere else! The former owner is laughing all the way to the bank. The new owner is a total sapp.
Can’t believe they sold it
A sucker is born every day. 😂
What I really want to know is .How much did Eddie Van Halen's Porsche GT3 bring at this same auction.
$285,000
This car is way overated and as a survivor should only be worth no more than $75k unrestored. Someone got taken bad! 😅
Someone got cornholed.
Silver Bullet > Black Ghost
The ONE OF NONE B-BODY "HEMI CAR" WITHOUT A SHAKER HOOD.
100% legal scam
Tell that to the lawyers for the person who got played.
I'm thinking it's marketing for the upcoming movie
Folks would be surprised how often viral marketing is used to promote movies
The killer clown scare of a few years back was created to promote the movie IT
Fake bidders. The car will be up for auction again after the Movie.
There's a sucker born every minute . . .
Uncle Tony brought me here....
I've seen two videos about this car and there is a very important word play from one to another. In one video the son says, my dad said Don't give my f***in' car away & in another video the son says, my dad said, Don't sell my f***in' car so I have to keep his promise and pass it down to my son, the grandson of Mr. Godfrey Qualls. They went for the money unfortunately.
There are a lot of common and average people not equipped to own and be caretaker of a car of this value. I know all too well that the things you own - can definitely own you. If the proceeds of the car benefited the deceased owner's son and grandkids, so much the better. He struck me as the kind of guy who would like to know his car paid for his grandkids college tuition.
I think Godfrey Qualls would have a change of heart if he knew what his son got for it. 💲💲💲💲
The father would turn in his grave that his son sold this iconic muscle car. Shame on him!
That's Awesome!
Someone got scammed
What a load of nonsense. That car is cool but it wasn’t winning anything on the streets. It’s a stock hemi car. Dude just lied to hype the sale.
He blew the doors off of Toyota's..
@@ironking76 lol
I remember in the 80s , Brooklyn/Queens NY street race scene, there was a black late 60s or 70s charger that came to race nights on a flatbed. It's quarter panels were cut wide jaggedly to accommodate huge slicks. It was the "SOUL SHAKER" . She wasn't pretty, but fast and loud, open headers, All the brothers in the house say " owwwwww" RedHook BRQQKLYN
BS story, both to sell a car, AND the coming movie.
Who bought the car, the studio or one of the movie investors?
All hype
Wait until Bill Miller's 1992 Cobra Convertible "Georgia Snake" hits the market one day. It will decimate all.
Forgot about that, amazing it's even infamous on YT. Most famous wrecked LX convertible in the world.
@@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus People still talking about it makes in all the more infamous I guess. I should probably not talk about it. LMAO.
UTG said it best. Good scam
Somebody got ripped of at Mecum! This is not a Street Race car with the battery under the hood, stock headers and it goes on. This thing would have been a tank so you know the whole story is bologna!
This tells alot about mecum cant put any faith in nothing they say this may hurt future sales bet Barrett get alot more cars after this
Man there are some Salty people posting in here. He shouldn't have sold the car for his dads sake.
His Dad in Heaven will be pissed cause he told his Son to never sell it.😮
Yelp, he sure did, but once someone dangles money in a person, face memories and a dying man wish means nothing to some people.
I'm just a garage rat that turns wrenches here and there, and has always been a fan of street car history. So even though I was just a kid in the early 70's, and don't have any skin in the street racing history, even I have a hard time wrapping my head around the "legend" of this car. Doesn't add up.
I just saw the lame speech the son gave before the bids started on this car. I still have my dads 2004 Chevy Colorado that now has 97k miles on it. Not quite a street racer, but it's a constant memory of my father. I guess some memories DO indeed have a price. Very sad.
What a scam !!! What a rip, off
Craaaaazzzzy money for a $100k car...I can hear the crack-pot Mopar people already...
I own some old Mopars...100% agree, but there are plenty who see the truth of this thing. Neat car, but the story is pure fiction.
I also like offerings from other manufacturers as well, too
Beautiful beautiful car but a 10 second car? Not really, maybe 14 second at best. Remove drawbacks like power steering and a/c (if equipped) on a 1970 GTO RA/4, remove some extra weight and maybe flip the air cleaner lid and she'll spank the ghost.
Rumor has it that he had the AC on full blast while towing a trailer and ran 10's..
Nobody said it was a 10 second car
Bone stock Woodward terror? LOL ya'll got scamed
It's good to be rich to over pay for a classic that once sold new for around $ 4000
Big fraud, that car is stock, back in the day 10 second cars were ruling those streets
All the people salty about the car selling for $975k I hope y’all feel the same way about all the other restored & unrestored cars going for that price.
Also you guys that keep mentioning it is a 14 second car, well duh did you see how skinny the tires were & limited traction those cars had back then.
I hope the son can be prosperous w/ the money.
Why am I not shocked by the salty comments lol. Some of you missed a few hugs...
THANK YOU. Man there are a LOT of jerks on here.
You mean TRUTHFUL comments? You need to set higher standards for yourself.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 someone got taken for a ride
I would’ve sold my kidney before I sold that car. Based on my relationship with my father.
Yeah, something about the story ain't right.
Dad told them DO NOT SELL MY CAR.
After he mentions the top, The other commentator says...Thats Not how he ordered it....sounds like if the car ever existed and was ran by the guy....That Aint it..
Idk man pops might let that go if u told em a mill 😂 but its nice to see a dad set his fam up for a good chance at a good future. Rip
I passed on a mint red 70 Hemi Cuda 4spd in 1982 for 5400 bucks... Oh well...
The buyer missed a giant marketing/future value line by not making it the million dollar challenger
$35,000 tops! I want to see what it sells for the next time it comes up for auction. lol
Funny I had to look at that black ghost story again and say what a bullshit story ...... yes it was a hemi and a heart touching well done video but !!!!! I call B.S. just take a step back for a moment and look at the car... it's completely stock factory car maybe a high 14 second car maybe? (This car does not even have headers ) Compared that to what running around at the time. I can't see how the story of this cop street racer pans out yes he might have Cruise around and did some stop light races with this at the time brand new car .. but that's about it. .. not sure how so many got sucked into this strange fairy tail ....
Great looking Challenger!!!!!!!!! 👍👍
His dad told him not to sell it.....
yeah because his dad knew it was all a bs story about the car
@@tc539 if he knew it was bs, then why wouldn’t he want him to sell it? “Oh make sure you hang onto this million dollar car that’s propped up by a load of lies lol”
His dad had zero to d[with the hype, it was all on the kid
@@RichardPalmbergDDS just like any parent lies to their kids. xmas aint real and neither is the story hes pushing
He is smiling like crazy, spin a cool story, with a honest hero pops, wait a few years and get 10 x what the car is actually worth? Yeah his dad is happy, Mecum made mad money, and now the son can buy one of the last muscle Mopars made and still put his kid through any college. Full circle.
What sucks is, in about 20 years it'll be illegal to drive these beautiful old school rides.
only in commiforina
Well regulated
Yep
Don't put too much faith in that actually happening- lol- classic cars becoming illegal to drive are based in the same reality as the Black Ghost dominating the Detroit street racing scene in the 70's....
I'm Here it's incredible he sold it
PT Barnum said it best. There is a fool born every minute and the as"hole that paid a million dollars for that car is one of them.
where is the real car? , people deserve better out of mecum
The story is BS…over inflating the price…14 second car…smh
Hopefully the new owner does the deaceased dad proud and swaps in a turbo ls
This car is all hype and promotion. There is no way this Black ghost was competitive in in late 60's and 70's Detroit race scene-unless it was racing 6 cylinder mustangs and camaros. The red flags are everywhere-car has a trailer hitch on it (no street racer is going to add weight ), no headers on car. This is a bone stock 14 second boat anchor. The fact that Mecum and the announcers repeat the hype is disingenuous. This tells me that Mecum doesn't vet its cars. I wouldn't take anything for granted from Mecum after this car.
If I had money to bet at action my top bet would have never gone over $200,000.00
But I'm happy for the car
How could it be so great if it is all stock? Why so much ? It seems like BS
Bone stock “street race legend” 😂 in no era ever did that happen. Think for yourself people
Fantasy. 14second car wasn’t running away from anything
Some people still race stock just to get some kicks. Not everyone wants to spend a kidney trying to be faster than the next car.
Someone got robbed. Would be a good story though, if it were true
That guy needs a slap up side his head selling his daddies dreams off nothing but disrespect
He said dont give it away not don't ever sell the car, bro. safe to say, selling for nearly a mill broigo, is not giving it away, beomeo
@@mT_atvF5KCVHlk its the same thing bro
@@cutlass8783 nah bro.
Brilliant video.
I cry.
Biggest scam in collector car history 😒
That’s how much he cares about his father wishes .. so sad
Like public enemy one said…
“don’t believe the hype”
And this folks, is why you should never believe everything you hear. Its a $60k car sold with a plethera of lies
That ain't nothing but a bone stock Challenger. The only special thing about that is the price that it's sold for. And I'm glad I'm not the fool that paid that price. The car don't even have headers. It's a nice story and that's all it is. You're never going to convince me that dominated the Detroit Muscle scene from 1970 to 1975. You want to drag racing you got to work on them. I don't think the man who owned the car was any Super Tuner mechanic.
For people who dont know....The Hemi was under rated on horse power and alot of them were low 11 sec cars stock! The 14 sec car was the 440 v8 not the Hemi. A 11 sec car at that time was insane! A copo camaro was running 12s with a 427 and still couldnt beat it! With 4.10 gears that Hemi was fast! This car is worth more then what it auctioned off for. Just being in the registry is a indcredible feat in its own right.
you are so right
No stock hemi ran 11s
Wow, dad said not to give it away! Money talks!!! SMH that is a big million car!! What a shame!!
Bummer they decided to sell but glad they got a great price for it.
He ripped off the buyer… that’s a 75k car easily
@@W4RY3NTRY Well you cant "rip off" a buyer at an auction other than falsifying or omitting information.
Yes you could find a comp cheaper but someone bought its story. Poor economics, sure, a price I wouldnt pay but being "ripped off" implies a deception that isnt present in this sale.