I had no idea the black Ghost needed this much work. WOW

[olredalert]

----1 of the 300 commerative Challengers is at Mecum Indy. Depending on what it brings there may be many more come up at other auctions!....Bill S

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----1 of the 300 commerative Challengers is at Mecum Indy. Depending on what it brings there may be many more come up at other auctions!....Bill S

"Investment grade"...

[Zman1969]

awesome survivor and story of a good cop that did bad things

[Bigbirdxx]

The Ghost drag race night rider story is just that, a story. Literally no one from the street race scene back then has even seen/heard about this car. It was a urban legend dreamed up by the son to run the price up on a stock Hemi car that he wanted to sell. Bravo

[Big Block Bill]

Originally Posted by Bigbirdxx

The Ghost drag race night rider story is just that, a story. Literally no one from the street race scene back then has even seen/heard about this car. It was a urban legend dreamed up by the son to run the price up on a stock Hemi car that he wanted to sell. Bravo

I would think the "Silver Bullet" would have ran circles around this "Ghost" But what do I know, I'm a Chevy guy. Bill

[bergy]

I agree - IMO there’s no way a stock hemi challenger is going to win street races against all comers back in the day. Challengers are pretty heavy. The OO of mine said that even with slicks he struggled with traction off the line. Ran mostly very low 13s but high 120s mph through the traps.

[Big Block Bill]

Originally Posted by bergy

I agree - IMO there’s no way a stock hemi challenger is going to win street races against all comers back in the day. Challengers are pretty heavy. The OO of mine said that even with slicks he struggled with traction off the line. Ran mostly very low 13s but high 120s mph through the traps.

I agree. My Teater Automotive out of Elgin Illinois built 1969 Rat Roaster intake, Nascar 12 quart oil pan, 727 automatic, heavily modified Hemi Road Runner ran 11:57 @ 121 Mph on slicks consistently back in 1974 at Union Grove Dragaway. I think I read Jimmie Addison's
Silver Bullet ran in the mid 10's back in the day (late 1960's - the early 1970's). Bill

[Pro Stock John]

That the car was a little modded and occasionally ran people on street is highly plausible, and the fact that it's a matching numbers hemi Challenger makes the story even more interesting.

I didn't grow up in that era and not in Detroit either so we just go by the stories and some of the eye witness accounts.

That doesn't mean the car was a fierce street beater the likes of some cars. Stories get embellished over time.

You take the Chicago scene as an example, and it was not just one scene, it was many. I have older buddies who were out every night and they never met or raced similar guys who lived 25 miles away. The way my buddy Al says it, all his buddies were on racing gas and had 4.88 gears so you drove around going 30 mph on the North side and you would never even think to drive down to Cicero/Berwyn to race other people it was just too far. This was the late 70s and early 80s.

[Mr70]

"The infamous “Black Ghost” 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE Hemi 4-speed, that sold for $1,072,500.00 back in May of 2023.It then underwent a restoration of sorts.The car wasn’t stripped down to bare metal and then painted like most restorations.It instead had the dings and dents taken out of the paint and trim with a paintless dent-removal technique.The rust in the floors and rockers were replaced with donor parts from other Challengers and original carpet that was in good condition was placed over it.The engine was also finally fully-rebuilt after years of sitting in sludge.The factory bubble wrap on the passenger and rear seats were discarded as was the tow hitch the original owner had put on it to tow his motorcycles to the track."

[Steve Shauger]

Frank Badalson and his crew will preserve what can be and repair and replace everything else. The owner wants full disclosure and admire him for that. Most restorations you don't see the details. Nice to see some progress...