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#1
05-25-2023, 10:55 PM
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The Black Ghost is a very cool car with a great history that was preserved for posterity through a variety of avenues: the stories, paperwork, photos, family, and the actual car.
Brings back memories of my old 1970 Hemi R/T-SE Charger 4 speed that I owned for 25 years. It was a fun car with an amazing history and I had the privilege/luck of moving to the next town over from where it originally terrorized the streets when new. Only in this case it had the ultimate reputation of being "The Fastest Hemi That Never Won A Street Race" LOL. At any car show or cruise night I brought it to, another old guy would come up and say "Hey I beat this car in a race back in 1971...That kid that owned it sure couldn't drive." https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=77085 P.S. I managed to turn a 12.77 at 111 mph on street tires, with the car at Bradenton in 1992. Last edited by njsteve; 05-25-2023 at 11:00 PM. 
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#2
05-26-2023, 12:19 AM
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A smart street racer chooses his battles.....
Example... I don't race Hellcats with my Scat Pack...
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05-26-2023, 12:46 AM
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I can assure you, Godfrey was no dummy. Bashton
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#4
05-26-2023, 12:37 PM
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Hello all, I have followed this thread since the start keeping quiet. I watched the auction knowing all the hype. I was elated that the car brought a nice figure for the seller. The buyer got a great car with a cool back story. That being said, I would love to see it at MCACN this year. Who cares if it was faster, or quicker? It is/was a great story concerning the car. It is still one of the most interestingly optioned hemi cars out there. Ryan is going to be a great care taker and will do the car right. Lets stop the trash and just enjoy the car for what it is. A great piece of automotive history.
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05-26-2023, 01:30 PM
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Not sure if this will be readable - pretty rare road test I have of a '70 Hemi Challenger with Firestone slicks and Jardine Headers, Fine-Fine-tuned and they obviously knew how to drive. It went 12.7. Two magazines tested this same car - the other mag did 12.95 in it. I have that test too. Just goes to show how capable the "right" Hemi was if the engine wasn't built on Friday or Monday.
 It was a mover.
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05-26-2023, 05:09 PM
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Steve, a friend of mine built a clone almost to Rene's car. 1970 Challenger convert, Purple and white, Hemi 727 with gear vender, 4.10 Dana, 15 x8's rear and 15 x 7 fronts. Warmed over hemi that looked totally stock BUT for the headers. Could see the 2 throttle bodies due to the shaker. On BFG Radial T/As, that car RAN high to mid 10's. I believe it went 10.72 vs a A/SA 1970 Hemi Challenger back around 2003/05 at Grand Bend. Car is a Toronto streetcar. He can sit and idle that think in Toronto traffic for hours, and has. Or like that day, drive it over 3 hrs to Grand Bend and run it.
At the time, he also had and original paint 1970 Hemi Cuda, and a 1970 Cuda with a hemi as his racecar.
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#8
05-30-2023, 10:09 PM
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TarheelRyan. Congratulations on your purchase. Personally I am happy for you. Please do not let the negative comments or posts get to you. It is a great car and happens to have it's own history. I have met and have talked to Greg Qualls. These are good....decent folks. The outcome of an auction is nothing that should lead to a judgement of the buyer or seller. As far as anyone should be concerned in this case it was the good fortune of the buyer who found something he wanted which resulted in the good fortune to the seller. I am happy for both. There is no place for negative comment regarding this.....it is classless! I wish you all the best as the new caretaker and look forward to meeting you sometime down the road. Frank Badalson
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#9
05-30-2023, 10:24 PM
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Frank is an authority( my opinion the) on Mopar brand. He has had a passion for these car for over 50 years and been head judge at many events. He is the lead judge -Mopar brand for Vintage Certification.
Welcome aboard Frank! It's about time buddy....
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#10
06-01-2023, 06:04 PM
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Thank you Frank for the kind words. Additionally, I want to thank everyone on this site that has reached out over the past couple of weeks. As a final post on the car, Johnny Hunkins at MotorTrend magazine does a good job at summarizing it for me:
https://www.motortrend.com/features/...er-sold-mecum/ Thanks again everyone!
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