{"id":67084,"date":"2022-12-03T07:06:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T12:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=67084"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:12","slug":"a-look-at-the-black-ghost-dodge-challenger-and-the-man-behind-the-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/owners-clubs\/2022\/12\/a-look-at-the-black-ghost-dodge-challenger-and-the-man-behind-the-wheel.html","title":{"rendered":"A Look at the Black Ghost Dodge Challenger and the Man Behind the Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in the summer of 1970, the original American horsepower war was nearing its peak and the Detroit street racing scene was the center of it all. Streets like Woodward and Telegraph served as some of the most popular locations to flex your American muscle back then \u2013 just as they do today \u2013 and the most popular show cars today were the beasts of the streets in 1970. Folks who drove Mustangs, Camaros, Corvettes, Chevelles, Firebirds, GTOs and other performance vehicles from Ford and GM did their best to compete with the Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> monsters, including the Dodge Charger, Challenger, Dart and Super Bee, as well as the Plymouth \u2019Cuda, Road Runner and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to a lineup of powerful engines that included the 440-cubic inch big block and the 426 HEMI\u00ae<\/sup>, Dodge and Plymouth muscle cars dominated the street racing scene in Detroit and across the country, making them tough to beat. Some of those classic Mopar muscle cars cars proved to be downright impossible to beat, one of which was a black 1970 Dodge Challenger R\/T SE with the Gator skin vinyl roof treatment and a white tail stripe, powered by the 426 HEMI engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n