{"id":2712,"date":"2023-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/infamous-black-ghost-dodge-challenger-street-racer-sold-million\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T00:00:00","slug":"infamous-black-ghost-dodge-challenger-street-racer-sold-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/infamous-black-ghost-dodge-challenger-street-racer-sold-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Infamous 'Black Ghost' Dodge Challenger street racer sold for over $1 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 1970 Dodge Challenger R\/T SE<\/a> with an unusual history has been auctioned for an unusually large amount of money.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The car was originally owned by Detroit street racer Godfrey “Dennis” Qualls, who definitely shouldn’t have been taking part in the illegal activity.<\/p>\n Qualls was a motorcycle police officer in the city and raced incognito.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He purchased the muscle car<\/a> in 1969 for $5,272 specifically to race, ordering it with a pistol grip shifter for its four-speed manual transmission and a 426 four-barrel Hemi V8. It is one of just 23 cars that were built in the configuration that year<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gregory Qualls inherited the Black Ghost in 2015 and has brought it to car shows.<\/span> (Mecum Auctions)<\/span><\/p>\n “I\u2019d know dad was taking the car out, because starting it shook the house,” he told the Detroit Free Press, not knowing what he was up to. Gregory returned it to running condition but didn’t restore it, and started bringing it to car shows.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FOX NEWS AUTOS NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n