This Motown missile hammers for big bucks at Mecum’s Indy sale.
Before his death, Godfrey Qualls passed along this piece of muscle-car history to his son, Gregory, who went on a mission to get this Challenger back on the road and share his father's prized Mopar with the world. This oddly ordered Mopar became a hit at concourses and muscle-car enthusiast shows after its minor mechanical restoration, but now it's time for a new life.
For those out of the loop, the Black Ghost Challenger commands such lore because of how it was built, and what it did under Godfrey's stewardship. Already rare, this 426-Hemi-powered Challenger is backed by a sought-after four-speed manual transmission. Ordered as an R/T SE, this Challenger was optioned with the luxury appointments you'd find with a special edition and the hi-po parts for the R/T.
While the Black Ghost might be moving underneath a new roof, the Qualls family will always be attached to the car. Gregory says, "The car will always be known, and my dad's story will always be told. I think, for me, that's the biggest honor of the things that could happen with this car story, is that the car story will live forever."
The latest chapter in this legend's story happened at the Mecum Spring Classic, where it hammered for $975,000. It's hard to predict the future, but we think this piece of history will be celebrated for a long time.Wesley Wren has spent his entire life around cars, whether it’s dressing up as his father’s 1954 Ford for Halloween as a child, repairing cars in college or collecting frustrating pieces of history—and most things in between.
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