"The Black Ghost" SCAM ???

[767Jockey]

I'm sitting here laughing as I write this. Back in the late 70's, when I was a young stupid guy (weren't we all?) on Long Island, NY, my friends and I were foolishly involved in street racing on a fairly active level. My car was a maroon 350 powered 1968 Nova SS. It was the typical small block Chevy setup of the day - headers, Tarantula intake, ported and polished double hump heads, 11.5:1 compression running Sunoco 260 gas, 650 Double Pumper, Muncie rock crusher M22 trans, Hurst Super Shifter, a 12 bolt posi rear with 4:56 gears, "cheater" slicks, etc. I took great care in the setup of the cars suspension, and it hooked like crazy. It was a 12.7 second car back in the day when that was a BIG deal. I wasn't a real regular street racer that the time. We raced on Route 231 in Babylon, NY. I would show up about once a month or so at the Burger King or Jack in the Box, I would pick my races carefully, and I usually won. I then went home to do whatever I had to do.

I can very easily spin what I did back then into the exact same story as this nonsense. I'll call it "The Maroon Ghost" It would show up on occasion. It would win. It would then "disappear" suddenly after the win into nowhere (my parents house, where I lived at the time), only to "re-appear" without warning only to win again. OOooohhhhhh - a "legend" in the 1970's Long Island street racing scene. Now the car is worth ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!!! That's hiarious!

[HealeyRick]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

I'm sitting here laughing as I write this. Back in the late 70's, when I was a young stupid guy (weren't we all?) on Long Island, NY, my friends and I were foolishly involved in street racing on a fairly active level. My car was a maroon 350 powered 1968 Nova SS. It was the typical small block Chevy setup of the day - headers, Tarantula intake, ported and polished double hump heads, 11.5:1 compression running Sunoco 260 gas, 650 Double Pumper, Muncie rock crusher M22 trans, Hurst Super Shifter, a 12 bolt posi rear with 4:56 gears, "cheater" slicks, etc. I took great care in the setup of the cars suspension, and it hooked like crazy. It was a 12.7 second car back in the day when that was a BIG deal. I wasn't a real regular street racer that the time. We raced on Route 231 in Babylon, NY. I would show up about once a month or so at the Burger King or Jack in the Box, I would pick my races carefully, and I usually won. I then went home to do whatever I had to do.

I can very easily spin what I did back then into the exact same story as this nonsense. I'll call it "The Maroon Ghost" It would show up on occasion. It would win. It would then "disappear" suddenly after the win into nowhere (my parents house, where I lived at the time), only to "re-appear" without warning only to win again. OOooohhhhhh - a "legend" in the 1970's Long Island street racing scene. Now the car is worth ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!!! That's hiarious!

Funny, I was just reading about street racing on Route 231 in this thread you may find interesting: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...#post-14871809
Regarding whether this sale was a "scam" I'd probably term it as the long-accepted sales technique as "puffery". For the difference, go here: html://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-false-advertising-puffery-66945.

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by HealeyRick

Funny, I was just reading about street racing on Route 231 in this thread you may find interesting: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...#post-14871809
Regarding whether this sale was a "scam" I'd probably term it as the long-accepted sales technique as "puffery". For the difference, go here: html://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-false-advertising-puffery-66945.

Rick, that's assuming this was even a sale in the true sense of the word. My guess is that it was a shill buyer for the original owner of the car, not a real sale. All designed to raise awareness and publicity for the story and no doubt upcoming project based upon the story. That starts with "puffery" then goes into scam territory. This whole thing reeks to high heaven. A guy who goes overboard bids $250 - $300K on a $200K car because he has that kind of cash and he throws reason to the wind because he can and he's enamored with the car. A guy who throws down a million cash for a $200K car because he likes it? I'm not buying it. Not for a second.

As for 231 racing, darn they were great times. Lots of great memories racing "The Maroon Ghost".