The Challenger R/T SE is one of 23 similar cars that were built in 1970. (Mecum Auctions) Qualls stopped racing and put the car away in the garage, where it stayed for decades until his death in 2015.

Only one 1970 Dodge Challenger was ever built like this, and this one emerged nearly unscathed as a survivor from a long underground sleep since disappearing from the Detroit-area street-racing ...

For years, this ’70 Dodge Hemi Challenger took down street racing opponents in Detroit, but nobody knew its owner. Now the Black Ghost’s story can be told.

The Black Ghost was hard to miss because it was one of only 23 Hemi Challenger R/T Special Editions (SE) ever produced. And of those, only the Ghost had the Gator Grain roof.

The black racing stripes applied on the green body and larger alloys with some concavity to them, which sport a six-spoke design, as well as new trim on the front quarter panels round off the ...

The Challenger R/T SE is special in its own right, due to a one-of-one specification with a gator skin-style vinyl roof, a white tail stripe, and 426 Hemi V-8 under the hood.

The Challenger R/T SE is special in its own right, due to a one-of-one specification with a gator skin-style vinyl roof, a white tail stripe, and 426 Hemi V-8 under the hood.