The BLACK GHOST - AMERICAN CLASSICS meets the Detroit street racing legend - 1970 Dodge Challenger

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  • Опубліковано 3 гру 2024

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  • @thejourney7395
    @thejourney7395 Рік тому +13

    Spare me. A legend no one EVER heard of.

  • @prun8893
    @prun8893 Рік тому +16

    You've all been had. I looked this car over at the auction. IT WAS STOCK!!!!! The battery was under the hood still. How can a 14.5 second car "own" the streets in Detroit and become a "legend".

  • @hueroski
    @hueroski Рік тому +4

    Your Dad and son must be thrilled you kept your promise.

  • @Thomas63r2
    @Thomas63r2 Рік тому +7

    A stock Hemi Challenger is a fun car to drive, but its a high 13 second car on a good day, and a low 14 second car on an average day - not exactly proper material for a street fighter at a time when there were legit 10 and 11 second street racers in the area. The story includes having a friend ride along during the races and telling Mr. Qualls when to shift. Supposedly the car has some imaginary mystery modification - that no one can identify because it is stone stock. God blessed the Qualls family with a million dollars at auction - due to the slickest auction muscle car advertising campaign ever: the son is a film maker who created some excitement around the car and managed to get the Black Ghost into numerous feature videos. 100% of Hemi Cudas and Challengers did some street racing, and they often got beat. In the '70's when I went to the street races in Los Angeles the Hemi cars were regarded as cars that worked best on a track with slicks. Yes, there were some solid Hemi street racers, not a bunch, but victory often went to lighter small block cars with deep gears - especially when running the street tires that were available at the time. I still like the Black Ghost, but can we please stop the charade that it dominated the streets.

    • @jonbruce536
      @jonbruce536 Рік тому +2

      Totally correct in your assessment.

  • @guidobrunellijr.3
    @guidobrunellijr.3 Рік тому +1

    I have a Black 2011 R/T , because of this car . Love it ! I saw a previous video about the Black Ghost before getting mine. One day I pulled int o my local repair shop for my other beater car to get some work done and there it sat for sale. I was stunned, it was beautiful , I bought it !

  • @MikeJBlues
    @MikeJBlues Рік тому +2

    Piece of Americana, love this car

  • @maldo72
    @maldo72 Рік тому +15

    What a scam of a story ... to all you non car people this sounds great but for all us car guys this is a bone stock well optioned hemi car .... maybe a high 14second quarter mile car but definitely not a Legendary street racer from that Era

    • @SgtAl
      @SgtAl Рік тому +2

      Yup great car just because very few were optioned out like this but no way a stock hemi was winning any real street races.

  • @jondoe406
    @jondoe406 Рік тому +3

    So much for going down to a 3rd generation

  • @MrProfchaos71
    @MrProfchaos71 10 місяців тому +7

    Legendary lie made up by this guy and his movie production company

  • @dontjivewitha5559
    @dontjivewitha5559 Рік тому +4

    @3:22 😂😂😂 wooooooo hold on boys !! I'm amazed the camera could keep up with that insane acceleration

    • @husqv5147
      @husqv5147 Рік тому +2

      What you didn't realize is that the car was actually circling the earth! LOL

    • @dontjivewitha5559
      @dontjivewitha5559 Рік тому +1

      @@husqv5147 😂😂😂

    • @thejourney7395
      @thejourney7395 Рік тому +1

      Yeah...that was lame.

  • @frankbenanti1684
    @frankbenanti1684 Рік тому +5

    Wonder if it could beat Jimmy Addison's "Silver Bullet" GTX, or Joe Ruggirellos "Sudden Death" Mustang ll?

  • @makofett7404
    @makofett7404 Рік тому +11

    Dont sell my fckg car. Sorry dad but i hyped it enough to find a million dollar sucker. Thanks.

    • @UcantBeSerious03
      @UcantBeSerious03 Рік тому +4

      the greatest grift ever.

    • @Thomas63r2
      @Thomas63r2 Рік тому +2

      The dad didn't say not to sell the car - he said don't give it away. The dad was asking $80,000 in the 1980's.

    • @UcantBeSerious03
      @UcantBeSerious03 Рік тому +2

      @@Thomas63r2 someone watched Uncle Tony

    • @Thomas63r2
      @Thomas63r2 Рік тому +1

      @@UcantBeSerious03 I watched the Black Ghost video with the son repeating that the father told him "Don't give my fn car away!" UT's video was just the icing on top of the bubble bursting that a completely stock Hemi Challenger dominated the streets. When I went to the street races in Los Angeles in the 1970's there were some strong running Hemis like BW's Daytona, but on the streets it seemed like anything with an L88 was the more likely victor.

  • @brettmerryman2837
    @brettmerryman2837 Рік тому +1

    I was able to see this car twice in person

  • @KnivesSurvival
    @KnivesSurvival Рік тому +4

    If windword ave was anything like Front St in Philly then this car didnt beat anyone.. Lets be real its a rare car but not fast.. Its stock...

  • @paulypooper2
    @paulypooper2 Рік тому +16

    The car legally belongs to the son, it will probably sell at auction in the seven figures, life changing money for him and his family, and is nobody’s business except for himself and his family ..

    • @ImForwardlook
      @ImForwardlook Рік тому +5

      He'd better cash out when there still are suckers who believe these stories.

    • @BullySmasher
      @BullySmasher Рік тому +2

      @@ImForwardlookhater. Can’t stand to see a black man win?

    • @SAMPLETEXT285
      @SAMPLETEXT285 Рік тому

      ​​@@ImForwardlook theres literally a 40 minute documentary about the story of the car complete with pictures from the 70s and 80s some of which show the original owner (Godfrey Qualls) with the car so the story about the car isnt a lie.
      Heres proof if you dont believe me
      ua-cam.com/video/Jd0io1zktqI/v-deo.html

    • @SAMPLETEXT285
      @SAMPLETEXT285 Рік тому

      ​@DucknCoverin how do you know there was 10 second cars roaming Woodward in the 70s were you there?

    • @jdsmith556
      @jdsmith556 Рік тому +1

      I watched a full length movie about a time traveling DeLorean. That’s gotta be true too!

  • @mikeharris130
    @mikeharris130 8 місяців тому +2

    A lot of hype for an above average, and pretty rare, car. A Hemi Challenger is fast, but not unbeatable. The son embellished the story all the way to a million dollar pay off at auction. I hope he can sleep nights. I couldn't do business that way.

  • @deancarr4507
    @deancarr4507 Рік тому +7

    Cool car. But there’s just no way this stock car was ruling the streets.

    • @deancarr4507
      @deancarr4507 Рік тому +7

      @@ibrahim92002 nah, not in the days when the real guys had cars confirmed running in the 10's. This thing didn't even have headers. Slicks aren't making up that kind of power difference, since any real street racer is already running on slicks anyway.

    • @leemp337
      @leemp337 Рік тому +7

      lol, 14 second car back in its day. prolly high 14 or low 15 now. Every car has a story, it's just how you dress up the story. the buyer got suckered. son, dodge, mecum, new owner are all in on the scam for the next car movie.

    • @leemp337
      @leemp337 Рік тому +4

      @@ibrahim92002 lol, okay....sure. story is made up to sell the car and eventually make a movie. the son is a movie maker and a story teller.

    • @denimblue8633
      @denimblue8633 Рік тому

      @@ibrahim92002 Only by the story you were told.. 😁😁

    • @deancarr4507
      @deancarr4507 Рік тому +1

      @@leemp337 AND the dude says that he rode passenger and told him when to shift? Wtf is that? Gonna add another 200 pounds to your passenger seat because you cant read a tach? Cmon bro how does anyone believe this story haha

  • @helmutsawatzky3930
    @helmutsawatzky3930 Рік тому +5

    Couple o family stories does not make it a levend

  • @leemp337
    @leemp337 Рік тому +7

    lol, 14 second car back in its day. prolly high 14 or low 15 now. prove it otherwise. Every car has a story, it's just how you dress up the story. the buyer got suckered. son, dodge, mecum, new owner are all in on the scam for the next car movie.

  • @حمودجوهر-ز1ر
    @حمودجوهر-ز1ر 7 місяців тому +2

    انها سياره رائعه جدا وقويه

  • @hpjunke
    @hpjunke Рік тому +3

    If this car was a legend like you guys say then Super Shops , Jegs , Summit and all the speed shops in Detroit woulda closed their doors because stock cars are insanely fast like that Hemi Challenger😂 No need to buy go fast stuff .. Slicks ? what reason would that car need slicks ? Truly the guys who used to street race with hidden nitrous kits were more legendary then this ..

  • @kipmcmillan7800
    @kipmcmillan7800 Рік тому +11

    We are witnessing the pinnacle of overhyped. Sure, it's a well optioned Challenger... But that's it. Selling for over $1 million and the BS story is so over the top. I'm so tired of the lies and "rare one of a kind" BS. And the cringe in this video is over the top. Everyone profits on this car except the gentleman who's name is being used for $$$...sad

    • @shawnchristenson324
      @shawnchristenson324 9 місяців тому

      you all say it's overhyped, then wtf is it in the national historic library? Hmmmmm???? There HAS to be some truth to this story.

  • @chevyrider9027
    @chevyrider9027 3 місяці тому +1

    Yeah, there were mighty mouse cars laying down ass beatings to worked hemis in the 70s a stock one forget about it. Don’t ever let a lie get in the way of a good story though right?

  • @tigeraffeldt4514
    @tigeraffeldt4514 Рік тому +7

    Laughable😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jjsrt8
    @jjsrt8 Рік тому +2

    Literally said it's selling at mecum

  • @RaiderX948
    @RaiderX948 Рік тому +1

    We're coming to buy it in May.

    • @jdsmith556
      @jdsmith556 Рік тому

      SUCKER, oops I meant SUCKA! Cars worth about 40k, make sure you purchase the car not the imaginary fantasy story!

  • @stevieray6216
    @stevieray6216 Рік тому

    Being a subscriber of AMERICAN CLASSICS since issue #1, it’s only now that I discovered your YT channel. 😮 More videos please.

  • @KartKing4ever
    @KartKing4ever Рік тому

    I saw this car at World of Wheels near Chicago. Was neat.

  • @Stoshua.81
    @Stoshua.81 Рік тому +8

    Scam, car is bone stock it could not hang with built cars that were actually on the street in the day.

  • @jamesharper8372
    @jamesharper8372 Рік тому +1

    I've been living in Detroit on my life my dad told me about this car I was a kid this is one of my favorite Detroit stories

    • @jdsmith556
      @jdsmith556 Рік тому +6

      Did he tell you about Mr DeLorean‘s DMC and it being capable of time travel too?

  • @KeithOsman
    @KeithOsman Рік тому +3

    What a movie this story would make for us car guys !!!!!

  • @jonbruce536
    @jonbruce536 Рік тому +8

    Completely fraudulent. Good job of selling it but this never happened. That car wouldn't have been close to the fastest cars on Woodward Ave in the 70s.

  • @davecaresforyou7606
    @davecaresforyou7606 Рік тому

    Can we get in contact with the owner so I can have him do a run video and hear him talk about the car

  • @kinanalhawat6753
    @kinanalhawat6753 Рік тому

    Imagine the guy seeing the new EV

  • @peterl2017
    @peterl2017 Рік тому +6

    This could be the biggest hoax of muscle car history. Sad really. Lets say the car was kind of a legend in the fathers mind but not truly that fast, given its rarity and that it had been in the family since new, the son is a jerk for selling it and not honouring what his father (maybe) said about not selling it.

  • @speedfiend925
    @speedfiend925 Рік тому +1

    Isn't he selling it at Mecum or is it just being displayed? 🤔🤷‍♀

    • @njdonovan755
      @njdonovan755 Рік тому

      I think so, that’s what I’m reading about

  • @audieconrad8995
    @audieconrad8995 Рік тому

    All hail!🙌🏼

    • @makofett7404
      @makofett7404 Рік тому

      Good thing he didnt live in Columbus! OH!

    • @audieconrad8995
      @audieconrad8995 Рік тому

      @@makofett7404 ohhhhkaaay...I'll bite. Why?

    • @makofett7404
      @makofett7404 Рік тому

      @@audieconrad8995 glad u got the reference bro👍🏻

  • @jasonwhite8354
    @jasonwhite8354 Рік тому +2

    Someone please make a movie about this car.

  • @fpblkjay5868
    @fpblkjay5868 6 місяців тому +1

    The car was born and raised in the Motor City the proof is there if you like it or not can’t deny that..stop the negativity and enjoy a part of automotive history that cant replicated ever again

  • @TheAcarch2
    @TheAcarch2 Рік тому

    Beautiful story. Glad to see it stay in the family. Hope you never sell it, but if you do, it will no doubt go for a RIDICULOUS amount. I would even say as high as 4.

  • @KnivesSurvival
    @KnivesSurvival Рік тому +2

    Thats the slowest fast car I have ever seen..

  • @phxenixs3801
    @phxenixs3801 6 місяців тому +1

    🧢

  • @markf4484
    @markf4484 Рік тому +6

    Fake story

  • @harryjohnson8605
    @harryjohnson8605 Рік тому +1

    Please make a movie about the man and the car. GQ. RIP

  • @baezn88
    @baezn88 Рік тому

    I just wonder why? To selling the car.

    • @BullySmasher
      @BullySmasher Рік тому +2

      Cash is king. Could really help the family. Detroit is a shithole, they could afford to get out of there.

    • @jamesharper8372
      @jamesharper8372 Рік тому

      What are you talkin about I stay in Detroit Michigan my city is not a shithole people kill me always talking down about my city especially when you don't even live here.so claim that shit down

    • @yeehaw3792
      @yeehaw3792 Рік тому

      ​@@jamesharper8372 lmfao stop lying.

    • @patricky6955
      @patricky6955 Рік тому

      @@jamesharper8372 I’m not from American and Detroit still looks trash

  • @timvalentine165
    @timvalentine165 Рік тому +2

    I would never ever sell my Dads HEMI CHALLENGER!

  • @chrisratliff6166
    @chrisratliff6166 Рік тому

    I hope you keep it 😢

  • @RebelTyrantKing
    @RebelTyrantKing Рік тому +1

    Don’t sell it. Keep it in the family, it special to his dad n passed it to his son n said don’t sell my f…..g car. He wants it in the family. More than a car

  • @Schlipperschlopper
    @Schlipperschlopper Рік тому +1

    Sadly soon all combustion cars and trucks including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-(
    In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
    on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Car washs will be forbidden too because they are climate killers, now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!! (BABVVEN & TEBBVEN & BEFVO laws)!