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The Black Ghost Unveiled: Exclusive Interview with its Enigmatic Owner"
In this video, we'll be talking about muscle cars and the Black Ghost Legend. We'll explore what this car is all about and learn about the true story as told by Gregory Qualls.
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FULL Story: The Black Ghost Legend told by Gregory Qualls - 1970 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi RT/SE
Welcome to our channel! In this exclusive interview, we delve deep into the mysterious origins of The Black Ghost-an enigmatic phenomenon that has captivated the world. Join us as we unravel the secrets behind this haunting legend and hear directly from its elusive owner.
Prepare to be amazed as we explore the untold story, unmasking the enigma that is The Black Ghost. Discover the inspirations, visions, and motivations that led to its creation, shedding light on the darkness that surrounds this myth.
Through this conversation, we gain unprecedented access to the mind of the owner, as they share their journey, experiences, and the deliberate subtleties that define The Black Ghost. Tap into the boundless creativity that birthed this awe-inspiring masterpiece, revealing the passion that has transformed it into a global sensation.
Get ready to immerse yourself in a world where fantasy meets reality. Follow us on this mesmerizing journey that transcends the ordinary, awakening mystical emotions and redefining the boundaries of art. Experience the magic firsthand through heartfelt anecdotes, insider knowledge, and personal insights, painting a picture that goes beyond the surface.
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If you're a muscle car fan, then this video is for you! We'll talk about the history of the Black Ghost Legend and how it became one of the most iconic muscle cars of all time. We'll also discuss the car's impact on the automotive industry and its place in the history of muscle cars. After watching this video, you'll have a better understanding of this iconic car and its significance!
Credits:
John Kraman (Mecum Auctions).
Gregory Qualls (The black ghost).
Hagerty Drivers Foundation.
www.mecumauctions.com
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Neat car fake story, Everything is true - except the idea that this car ruled the streets, its a high 13 second car on its best day and a low 14 second car on an average day. Hardly legendary at a time when there were legit 10 and 11 second street racers in the area. This is a completely stock Challenger: owned by a non mechanic, the original owner's friend telling the story of its conquests says that he had to tell him when to shift, etc. The original owner never said not to sell - he himself was asking $80,000 in the 1980's
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Not so fast mr. know it all!! Soon you and all the others who say it's a fake story will see documented proof of it being a stock 426 hemi or not. Furthermore unless you were a personal friend of GQ how the hell can you call him a non mechanic? You don't know if he turned wrenches or not! Lastly, I have recorded videos of some guys that raced the Black Ghost that will also be released in the near future.
@@Untouchables3 Lol! Go ahead and strap it onto a chassis dyno, it won't be pretty. GQ's own family and friends will tell you that he was no mechanic - that's why it got benched and sat for an extended period of time. I started drag racing in the 1970's - street racers tell lots of stories like a fisherman describing the unbelievably large fish that got away. I had a stock 1969 Mach 1 428 Cobra Jet 4 speed. At OCIR it ran a consistent tire spinning 14.3 second 1/4 mile at just a few ticks under 102 mph. I beat all sorts of so called 12 second cars on the street. I later owned a legit 496 Chevelle that ran 10.8x seconds at just over 125 mph in full street trim (street slicks). The only non-stock part on the Black Ghost is the ignition coil - and that probably puts out less spark than the stock coil. Just listen to the Black Ghost with its stock exhaust and there is no wild lope or super high idle speed. The famed Silver Bullet ran four large mufflers to help disguise its true power. If you choose to believe that the Black Ghost is in the same league as the Silver Bullet that's on you.
@@Thomas63r2 When did I or Greg ever talk about the silver bullet? We didn’t! Nobody said it was faster then the silver bullet or it could hang w that car. It really doesn’t matter what you did or what you had in your day because nobody is talking about you or your cars. It got benched because he had more kids, was working as a cop and re enlisted in the service. What video are you watching? You’re right street racers do tell a lot of car/racing stories. Just like a few guys that I have recorded on video that raced the black ghost back in the day. Just because your guys didn’t talk about it doesn’t mean it’s a fake story. A mechanic is defined in different ways. A guy can change a spark plug or change a tire and be considered a mechanic. Just because he took it some where to add some things or remove some things doesn’t make him a guy who knows absolutely nothing. The funny part is you & a-lot of others think the whole story has been told and it hasn’t so sit back and keep watching. Greg heard from other guys in his dad’s age range & their young son’s who witnessed racing The Black Ghost. I guess those guys that we don’t know from a hole in the ground are fake story tellers? Lol. The people who said he never lost was no one in Greg’s camp. And for the 100th time it doesn’t matter if it was a 19 second car. He raced from light to light. He won some and he lost some. Is some of the story fabricated from the truth? Yes it is! When someone retells a story it’s hardly ever said the same way as the original story. Greg never said he never lost. “Was” it all stock back in the 70’s??? You’ll find out soon enough!
That's a nice story. But that ain't nothing but a bone stock Challenger. It might run a high 14-second. But it didn't rule the Detroit Street muscle scene from 1970 to 1975 no way. They're even making a movie over this sweet story. Fake as can be. The car don't even have a set of headers. And the gentleman who owned the car he weren't no mechanic. What some people won't do for money.
A bit challenged in the English language are you? 😆
@@musclecarswithericand if you believe this fabricated bs, I have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you. A bone stock Hemi Challenger is not a street racing legend in Detroit. Anyone with 2 brain cells would realize this if they knew what kind of cars were racing the streets of Detroit back then. It's a made up story, to make money at a auction. Simple as that. I don't even feel sorry for the rich fool that bought this $90,000 car for almost a million dollars. It's almost laughable.
Legendary street RACE cars were NOT all stock! It never raced anything...what a fraud
Thanks for watching and your "informed" comments. 😏
@@musclecarswithericapparently his informed comment bothers you. Did Mecum pay you to do this video? This is a stock Hemi Challenger. The original owners son is fraudulent as Mecum. Open your eyes pal. The original owner never said anything to his son about racing the car. I wonder why. Because he never raced it. His "best friend" told him when to shift. And he's a street racing legend?Laughable. No one races with a passenger. Just listen to the story pal, it doesn't add up.
I’m sure it beat a Pinto or two.
A 14 second bone stock challenger a legend huh? In Detroit of all places?!? Lol!
Welded the distributor in place???? Why, all us car guys advance timing over stock settings and just tighten the distributor down at the setting, I've been working on ,driving and studying performance and muscle car facts for close to 40 years now, and theres no reason to weld a distributor ,im not well versed on what materials hemi distributor are made of, but most are aluminum and engine blocks are cast iron, so welding would be out of the question , and again why would you anyway, the only reason i could figure welding it would be if the hold down bolt was broke off in the motor and still that would be a ridiculous fix, it is a rare well optioned and fairly fast for stock production car of that time, but if you look up the numbers they dont support the story, especially with stock exhaust manifolds, and the car being totally intact as far as weight reduction, those cars are no light weights, i guess if it was rarely taken out and never met up with alot of customized purpose built cars that were around that area at that time, then i can understand it winning some races, and no coils, advanced timing, are gonna make any big substantial differences in performance, compression, cam, heads, carburetion, exhaust flow those are the thing that it takes to gain substantial changes in performing, and there were plenty of cars at that time in that area that had those mods, and in seriously lighter cars with there weight reduced by stripping away everything none essential, sorry fellas but you cant dispute horsepower and weight equations and for that car it just dont add up, but its a nice survivor car with some cool options regardless
I've known of this car for a few years now as well. Awesome that it was inducted.
Hi Jeremy. Thanks for watching. It was a real pleasure interviewing Gregory about his dad's car. Cheers! 👍
Biggest fraud ever.
An astounding story................glad that you guys documented it. I was in Midland, MI when this story was playing out. At the time I had a '70 Roadrunner pretty well decked out like this car. I would go down to Detroit on weekends and look for some action or watch other guys run from light to light.....I dunno, I may have seen the Black Ghost on The Avenue. His poor son has no knowledge of what we did mechanically to get an edge.....from the distributor monking to the naphthalene mothball treatment to boost octane rating and quell detonation. I quit that practice when Union 76 came out with 114+ octane fuel.
Thank you for watching and your cool story. 114+ octane fuel. Your car m,ust have been a beast. 😆
You know I thought that he was just out for the money, but the interview at the end really changed my mind on it. He cared for the car for as long as he could. Insurance is a hell of a thing to pay for a car worth as much as they appraised it for, it makes it difficult to enjoy. I totally understand that. Glad it went to someone who can take on that responsibility and pay the insurance every month. Thank you for this interview, really turned my views around on him. I get it now.
Wow. Thank you for watching the entire video and getting an understanding of his position in life related to this one of a kind car. Your comments are well presented. Thanks!
RT/SE ment to do nothing but go fast? No, it was ordered with all the options. A super rare car in it's own right, but definitely not fast as stock as it is.
Did you listen to the interview with the current owner? GQ had special modifications done to the car during the time he raced it.
@80sKid1977 another expert. You would have to check with the most recent owner. Sorry to bust your bubble kid. 😆😏
@80sKid1977 Hey kid. Did you watch and listen to the interview? The owner's son says otherwise. Pay attention kid. 😱
@@musclecarswitheric Eric, its wonderful for the family that it auctioned for a million dollars, but not only was the original owner a non mechanic, the son is even less of a mechanic. The son's imaginary modifications are so top secret that they cannot be told from stock - because this a completely stock car. Or are you trying to promulgate the idea that the most minor of undetectable tweaks would somehow vault this Challenger from a +/- 14 second stocker into Silver Bullet performance league. There were many legit 10 and 11 second street racers in that area at that time - the Black Ghost is a neat car, but its not one of them.
@ Thomas63r2 Don’t argue with retards, they will pull you down to their level and beat you with experience. Any REAL car guy knows it’s nothing more than a fishing story. If anything we should be able to look at this and say damn, the auto industry is full of non car guys. Look at how many people in the industry were duped. From Hemings all the way to Chrysler corp. it’s sad actually. The cars that get inducted into the national registry really don’t have to achieve shit anymore, just have a good story, and enough dumb people whom are willing to propagate it! And your in like Flynn.
Great video 👍 👍
Thanks for watching and your comments. 😎
Why are comments being deleted about this car?
Perhaps they were in appropriate and the algorithm didn't like them.
@musclecarswitheric well all of them were not inappropriate because one was mine. It's seems to be a very biased algorithm.
@@owensbama1923 I'm sorry to learn this. Feel free to repost your comments. Free speach and all. Thanks!
@@musclecarswitheric yeah repost them so I can clarify for you!
@Untouchables3 once gone, they are gone.
Tell the new owner I’ll race him for titles with my 69 Boss 302.
If I knew who the collector is, I would certainly pass this challenge on. Thanks for watching. 😎
I have a 550hp 440 with 4:11s plymouth scamp that would destroy that car. The stock Hemi of that day was built for NASCAR not for drag racing. The amount of work to make that thing a light to light car. Very nice car and a good story but it's just a story.
Thanks for watching and your comments.
Yo Érica, I would delete this video. Your street credit will definitely not be “legendary” promoting this bs story.
This a 14 second car with a 14 second chassis Owned a few hemis back in the day. You really had to spend some money tuning and alot of dyno time. This is B.S.
thanks for watching
Who would pay 1 million for a car all dented up with patches in floor pans? The original owner was a cool guy and lots of nice history on his life but 1 million for a car that is not mint.
Everyone has their choices to make. Some like history while others prefer garage queens. 😜
@@musclecarswitheric 1 million could get you a real 1966 Cobra
@Charlie B Or help set up your family with some financial rewards. 😎
@@musclecarswitheric yes, I agree, I would never buy a 1 million dollar car even if I had 500 million.
@@charlieb308 Well I think I would make an exception at that point in time.
Questionable.
Research it. Come to your own conclusions about this car and the history of it. 😲
@@sKid-zy1ss Thanks for watching.
👎👎 Nope, not caring one more second about this heavy, slow ass car…
Thanks for watching and your comments. They help my channel. 😆
Uncle Tonys Garage told the true story of this car on his youtube channel. This has been blown wayyyyy outside of the truth. And now is son is doing the 1 thing his dad asked him NOT TO DO!!! He sold it. What a waste and disrespectful way to honor your father.
You have an interesting yet incorrect comment. His dad told him not to "GIVE AWAY" the car. He never told Gregory that he couldn't sell it. I suppose truth is in what you want it to be. I simply offered both Gregory Quals and John Krammen from Mecum the opportunity to share their story.
@@musclecarswitheric listen i understand but we all see and hear storys of cars just sitting that people own but dont drive. And most of us would give anything to own and drive that car. Especially when givin to us by our father. Money comes and goes. Thats 1 of a kind and u should be hammered on as mother mopar intended by gregory. U dont sell that kind of winning lotto ticket. Period.
@@New_Jax_City Unless that winning lotto ticket is life changing money for the family, which it was. Gregory couldn't drive that car any longer because of the worth of it according to his insurance company. He isn't a car guy, rather he is a son who got the winning lotto ticket and cashed it in. Period. LOL
I have followed this story for almost 3 years people never new why he was selling and this was the first I heard but once the insurance is for a million dollars like he said it’s like playing Russian roulette just driving it around and once you can’t enjoy it the way you want I would do the same thing get some life changing money mr personally card are meyti be driving and enjoying not some art conversion piece seem like good family people I hope at the least he get his million dollars
Thanks so much for watching and your comments. It was a real pleasure interviewing Gregory Qualls. The car goes for auction Friday. It should make much more than 1 Million dollars. Check it out on Mecum Auctions.
Talk about having egg on your face, Dodge et all. I did a video breaking down, how this car not only is a hoax car, but its not even capable of running a basic street race. Honest question, and Im curious if you will answer. Were you paid by the auction, sponsored etc? If you were, then, I can actually accept that. Its your job to prop up this car, even if its not what it claims. Im sure by now, you have seen enough, read even comments here calling the car out. But, small channel, I get it. But, this has to be the most obvious hoax cars I have ever seen. At least some cars out there, are modded somewhere where it MAYBE could be sorta possible. But this this has a tow hitch lol. Its heavy. Not to mention the family photos even show this car to have white walls and wire wheel covers. Hagerty also made it very clear that they have a political idelogical agenda. They run the "national historic vehicle registry" and its as biases as you get. No General Lee or Knight Rider or other famous cars that still exist today, some unrestored, but this thing is? We know why, and its an insult to a veteran. It could have been just a cool car, passed down to a son, but wheres the money in that? Wheres the MGM movie deal, and auctions and all. The car even has the fake stickers on it, the Panafrican flag, which at the time, for a cop or vet had a seditious connotation. The kid even bragged about prepping other cars to look this way or that way. It would be better, my take, my advice, to say if it was part of some deal. This car was elevated to a non existent status. Look into what Hagerty is trying to do nowadays. Sad story there too. Owner builds a company, and the kids get in bed with Blackrock and State Street, going full ESG, despite who their customers are. Though, they will discriminate against people like me, recorded and all. Like I said, my two cents, because more and more people are learning that this car is a lie. Its not a drag racing car. A Datsun would have smoked it. It even has the vinyl top. Do you know howheavy they are?
Thanks for watching and your comments.
Why the Africa flag he not even from Africa
You would have to ask the previous owner.
What happened to my son going to drive the when he gets older. Yep all about money 💰.
thanks for watching
This story is completely fake. Still an awesome car and the original owner an American hero. Sad that his son is dishonoring him with this BS. Oh well.
Thanks for watching and your comments.
its a fake
If it's a fake, then a fake sold for over a million dollars.
@@musclecarswitheric sucker born ever minute
thanks for your comment. @@Jeffgordonfan24hesthegoat
The Story is True !! It Was Authenticated by the Historic Vehicle Association and there are comments on the Vehicle Racing in Detroit on Mac's Motorcity Garage from 2014. Cletus T Rickenbacher 3rd on October 9, 2014 at 10:03 am said: There were everything from stock 4 door sedans, motorcycles(1 of the fastest there was a pink Sportster) and borderline Pro Stock cars that would run down close to 9 seconds. Most races were for bragging rights, but on many occasions money changed hands. I watched one go for $1500 between a 454 Camaro and a Hemi Challenger (Challenger won by a 1/2 car length)." The Historic Vehicle Association, MECUM and The US Library Of Congress Authenticated The Story !! -Sarge
Thank you for your comments and validation of this historic car. 👍
the story is fake fake fake.......no way this 13.7 second car street raced anyone.....LOL.
@@chadhaire1711 Thanks again for watching and your comments.
@@chadhaire1711agreed. No stock hemi challenger is a street racing legend in Detroit in those times. It was all fabricated bs to make money at Mecum.
Lies!!
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