Should you commonly cruised Detroit’s famed Woodward Avenue late at evening through the Nineteen Seventies, you might have seen a black 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE with a gator skin-style vinyl roof, racing away from the lights, its 426 Hemi roaring.

The automobile, owned by Detroit police officer Godfrey Qualls, grew to become a legend referred to as the Black Ghost: it will by no means stick round for lengthy, and would disappear for months at a time. In 2020, the Black Ghost, nonetheless owned by the Qualls household, earned a spot on the Nationwide Historic Automobile Register.

Now Dodge has honored the automobile with its penultimate Final Name particular version. The Dodge Challenger and Charger muscle vehicles and their assortment of V-8 engines are going away after 2023, and Dodge is celebrating with seven particular Final Name fashions inbuilt restricted numbers. The Final Name mannequin honoring Qualls’ automobile relies on the 2023 Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody. The acquainted Hellcat supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 powers the automobile, with output bumped to 807 hp, 10 hp up from inventory.

A complete of 300 examples shall be made, all in the identical Pitch Black exterior and with gator skin-style roof vinyl. The vehicles may also include black badges, black brake calipers, black hood pins, and 20×11-inch Satin Carbon Warp Pace wheels. The interiors will function a mixture of Alcantara, leather-based, and Dynamica suede, in addition to a particular instrument panel badge with a “Black Ghost” script.

Different vehicles within the Final Name assortment embrace the Challenger Shakedown, Charger Tremendous Bee, Challenger and Charger Scat Pack Swinger, and Charger King Daytona. The seventh and ultimate automobile shall be revealed on the 2022 SEMA present beginning Nov. 1. Order books for the vehicles will open later this fall.

Even for those who miss out on one of many Final Name vehicles, all 2023 Challenger and Charger fashions will function particular goodies signifying them because the final of their type. Whereas it will range from mannequin to mannequin, all will include a commemorative plaque underneath the hood bearing the scripts “Final Name,” “Designed in Auburn Hills,” and “Assembled in Brampton.” Fashionable shade choices may also return, together with B5 Blue, Plum Loopy, and Chic.