The Black Ghost - The Greatest Scam In Collector Car History!

The worst part of the whole story is that the son sold the car when his dad told him not to. Money over memories, just sad.

Dumb money is ruining the classic car market to where the regular guy can’t afford one anymore.

My late wife labeled my Mustang “The beast” I wonder what my kids will get for it one day lol. (It runs low 13s maybe my kids can sell it as “ the car that was quicker than the Black Ghost”)😂

As I began to watch this, I thought to myself, "If Uncle Tony is knowledgeable about Detroit street racing, he better mention the Silver Bullet." Well done, UTG.

I'm from Detroit, I ran the streets during the era this car was allegedly "famous." Never heard of the damn thing until it hit the internet a few years ago.. Utter load of shite.

The story is true man. My father's wife's son told me that he had seen the Black Ghost emerge from the midnight fog, roaring like the sound of an enormous stampede of wild stallions. The windows were very tinted, and many witnesses claimed that there was no driver inside the beautiful beast. The owner of the car had no idea that his car was sneaking out at night creating a reputation for itself. Each victim that the Black Ghost consumed made it feel 500 miles younger again. It ran on whiskey and tears.

I saw the car in person. I was there when it sold. You're absolutely right about the poor worn out condition of the vehicle. It was rode hard and put up wet. A good candidate for Grave Yard Cars restoration. The story seems clearly to sensationalize the importance of the car to enhance the possible economic returns. Like PT Barnum would say, "There's a sucker born everyday. " Be prepared for Hate Mail for calling this one out.

This legend lives in every community with variations. There was once in a small town I lived in, a black ghost '69 Nova that was built to the teeth. It came in and raced and won these illegal races and took off without saying a word to anybody. The car disappeared until the next race where he came, kicked ass and disappeared.

The big red flag for me was when I found out he was selling the car. In the Hagerty feature on it, he literally said his dad told him to never sell it and it was going to be passed to his son. To be clear like you said, it's not Godfrey who made these claims, it's his son. To be honest, I was glad for Godfrey to get the attention, whether his street racing legend is real or not. He sounds like an amazing guy and our vets are never celebrated enough

Saw that it sold this morning and thought to myself: “if I sold my moms challenger(which was her prize possession) after she died I wouldn’t be able to live with myself and she’d be spinning in her grave so fast she could power Las Vegas perpetually.” Absolute shame. The fact that his dad told his son, “don’t sell my f***in’ car,” or something similar, while on his death bed is just insulting. Edit: After watching this you shattered my impression of the Black Ghost and I’m even more unsettled by the actions of Godfrey’s son. Damn.

I think the stories he was told were simply stories of remembering a time long ago. The car probably raced a handful of times and that was probably all it did since it was his pride and joy. We may never know the true story, but the legacy of the man behind the car is priceless.

I’ve often thought about how this challenger could pull off beating some of the lightest and fastest muscle cars on Woodward and just said to myself “hmm that’s really hard to believe”

Mecum doesn’t care . Hand them your 20% and be gone . It’s why the market is so topsy turvy with pricing .

I got to see the Black Ghost in person, albeit behind glass when it was displayed on the National Mall in D.C. a couple years ago (they also displayed the Back to the Future DeLorean and the Cannon Ball Lamborghini, among others). Anyway, I too was surprised at how beat up the car looked on the outside considering it was supposed to be a low-mileage, mostly garage-kept vehicle. Also, considering some vehicles from that era had odometers that reset to 0 after 99,999 miles, I can totally see that this one most likely has 149k on the ticker… Thank you, Uncle Tony!

Ive been watching you for years . Your channel just gets better and better . I remember a kid who wanted to by a mechanics street rod for a reasonable price and asked me what i thought about the purchase. I asked him if he had tools and knew how to tune a street rod ( which i knew he didn't ) . He told me no but the seller was a good mechanic and wouldn't sell him a car that wasn't any good . I said yes , ( i knew the car and the seller ) but you have to realize that he may drag that car every Friday and Saturday night but on Saturday and Sunday morning he's turning wrenches on it . I told him if he bought that car and didn't turn a wrench it would only last him 2 weeks . He didn't believe me . He bought the car , it lasted him 2 weeks and he sold it back to the seller for half price . I really do miss the days when you could tell the make of a vehicle at night by its lights . And the weekends whan 1 out of 5 cars on the road had something cooking under the hood . Thank You for bringing back memories of a simpler time.

When I was a mechanic at a car dealership, a salesman told me 'there is an ass for every seat'. People are less street smart nowadays, some even think men can get pregnant.

What pisses me off is how FCA included this 'ghost' in their special edition challenger cars based of legend hearsay but didn't do one for Vanishing Point. There's no way a local to Detroit car is more famous and popular than the white Challenger from that movie which millions and millions of people have seen

There was an episode on MASH, a '70's sitcom, and someone concocted a fictitious person named, Tuttle. By the end of the episode, every one claimed to have known Tuttle. A person who never existed. The Black Ghost story is similar to Tuttle. LOL!

Tony, Your right!!! I grew up on Woodward Ave. Started driving in 1965. I ran my SS396 Chevelle all over Woodward, Gratiot, and Telegraph Rd from1970 to '72 street racing. I NEVER heard ANYTHIING about this car. Everyone knew about the Silver Bullet and Jim Wagners' "Blackbird" Firebird. I was at Autorama this year and the "Ghost" was there at the Mechum display. I spoke with them for 45 minutes about my history with the drag racing during that period and the lack of information and credibility of this "Ghost". They had no comment. I feel everyone promoting this has $$ in their eyes. I just wonder how much the new "Ghost" models will be. What I don't have to wonder about is the street cred of this car.....it has none.

“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”