The "Black Ghost" is going up for auction.................

lonegunman762x51 · Jan 8, 2023

Probably won't be as attractive as some battery powered homo-hauler to some of the crowd here, but this is a super rare all original hemi car from 1970. Owned by an Army vet who was a Detroit cop of all things, cool story as well.

'Black Ghost' Dodge Challenger is up for auction

A Dodge Challenger known as 'Black Ghost' which was used by Detroit cop and Army veteran Godfrey 'Dennis' Qualls for street races in 1970s Detroit is about to head to auction.

www.dailymail.co.uk

muzzleloader · Jan 8, 2023

Loved that documentary when I first saw it. Cool that he would smoke someone in a race, then just disappear to his garage

pmclaine · Jan 8, 2023

Goodness and innocence.

oneshot86 · Jan 8, 2023

I just watched it, great documentary.
Very touching, very.

armorpl8chikn · Jan 8, 2023

Oh sorry, wrong thread. I thought this was another G.Floyd thread....

lonegunman762x51 · Jan 8, 2023

The difference is that this guy was a decent guy for his entire life and it was a loss to his family and society when he passed away. And he owned an awesome car that he spec'd himself.

pmclaine · Jan 8, 2023

I am glad he owned that car and is able to take care of his family even in passing.

'Mercia!

Makes you think the struggle may be worth it.

702lineman · Jan 8, 2023

Why would he sell this? I know it's probably going to fetch a chunk of change but this would mean a lot more to me than the money if that was my dad's and I rode in it years ago

jb0311 · Jan 8, 2023

lonegunman762x51 said:
battery powered homo-hauler

This got me

Definitely appropriating this during my daily drive/ road rage from now on as i scream at these non-driving fucks in eastern NC

ggmanning · Jan 8, 2023

702lineman said:
Why would he sell this? I know it's probably going to fetch a chunk of change but this would mean a lot more to me than the money if that was my dad's and I rode in it years ago

To some money is errythang.

wvfarrier · Jan 8, 2023

The lady who used to "drive" me to the school bus stop (I lived several miles from it) drove a 1970 (ish) orange version of that car and it was freaking awesome.

babyguppy · Jan 8, 2023

Dad's last words on his death bed. "don't give my fk'n car away"
fast forward 14 years... Car is up for Auction

Sniperwannabee · Jan 8, 2023

702lineman said:
Why would he sell this? I know it's probably going to fetch a chunk of change but this would mean a lot more to me than the money if that was my dad's and I rode in it years ago

I agree I would keep it in the family, great documentary thanks for posting

redhooker · Jan 8, 2023

Possibly going to fetch north of 1.2m

babyguppy · Jan 8, 2023

put the car in a NON profit entity, transfer to NON profit trust for 1 dollar. Non Profit sells car, take the proceeds and proceed to pay the 'board' members a salary.
Something like, 'cancer awareness' , so the GOV doesn't get most of it.

babyguppy · Jan 8, 2023

Sniperwannabee said:
I agree I would keep it in the family

My guess
tired of scraping making a living
'car' in the terminate invested garage is worth a million
the wife who has NO attachment to the car, starts nagging about how, NEEDS have to be met.
Dude's like, fk it, car goes.

Sniperwannabee · Jan 8, 2023

Where does it says he’s selling it?

lonegunman762x51 · Jan 8, 2023

It's the way they combined the words in the article. There is a sentence where they used words like, "Mecum auctions", "highest bidder" and "next May". Then there is the part about, "expected to sell for millions".

When you add it up, poof, selling the car.

Hope that helps.

Average guy · Jan 9, 2023

I saw an auction listing for it

n2ishun · Jan 9, 2023

So...
Even back in the 70's how did a cops salary buy this car ?
Brand new off the showroom floor they were not what one would call affordable.
Just the added hemi option was 1k.
That was not chump change in 1970.

I smell a dirty cop.

Advokaten · Jan 9, 2023

Not all cops come from poor families, there will always be one that has a great autie that had a real liking to ...

Still I must admire your nosework.

Maser · Jan 9, 2023

armorpl8chikn said:
Oh sorry, wrong thread. I thought this was another G.Floyd thread....

Supersubes · Jan 9, 2023

n2ishun said:
So...
Even back in the 70's how did a cops salary buy this car ?
Brand new off the showroom floor they were not what one would call affordable.
Just the added hemi option was 1k.
That was not chump change in 1970.

I smell a dirty cop.

Didn't he order the car right after he got back from the Nam? Been a while since I watched the whole documentary.

lonegunman762x51 · Jan 9, 2023

n2ishun said:
So...
Even back in the 70's how did a cops salary buy this car ?
Brand new off the showroom floor they were not what one would call affordable.
Just the added hemi option was 1k.
That was not chump change in 1970.

I smell a dirty cop.

Are you letting your racism get the best of you???

Is it upsetting to discover a black street racer existed before 2010?

Guy, buys a personally spec'd car for $5,300 in 1970, that is a $41,000 car today. Not at all out of hand for a working man, even then. He was in the academy when he bought the car, so probably not a crooked cop. He had finished his time in the military and could have easily saved the bulk of the money while sitting around doing nothing, tax free because he was in a combat zone, with jump pay, combat pay and foreign duty pay as well. His brother owned a very similar optioned 1968 black Charger with a 440 because he couldn't pull the trigger on the hemi and he wanted to prove to him that the hemi was better.

Cop salary in 1970 was around $10,000 a year on average. The guy was wounded in combat in 1966 and out of the military and could have been collecting from the VA as well. And his wife probably had a job as well. Even if it was financed, he was a vet, a cop and had a wife so he was fully capable of getting a loan. While most banks were racist in 1970, black people had banks that catered to them as well.

By the way, the base msrp of a Ford Country Squire station wagon in 1970 is around $3850 dollars. You could order it with a 4-speed and a 428 SCJ 4 barrel and drag pack options, even front bucket seats and air conditioning. I promise you it would have been more than the Challenger. I'd have spent the $871 dollars and got the hemi as well.

It is possible to own a nice car and be black.

pmclaine · Jan 9, 2023

Supersubes said:
Didn't he order the car right after he got back from the Nam? Been a while since I watched the whole documentary.

Dominican Republic, not Vietnam.

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