Ecto-1 (Ghostbusters) clones
Nov 3, 2013 0:50:48 GMT -5
Post by Steam McQueen on Nov 3, 2013 0:50:48 GMT -5
- 1959 Cadillac Eureka
- www.ebay.com/itm/Cadillac-Other-Ecto-1-Ghostbusters-Ecto-1-Movie-car-replica-1959-Cadillac-Eureka-ambulance-hearse-/171163485702?forcerrptr=true&hash=item27da238606&item=171163485702&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
- volocars.com/1959-cadillac-ecto-1-ghostbusters-who-ya-gonna-call-c-870.htm#sthash.4duxSJpy.S28Oiwta.dpbs
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Only one Ecto-1 and one Ecto-1a were ever built and screen used for filming. Sony still owns the cars and have no intention of selling them any time soon. This Ecto-1 has had a "screen used" life in show business since the 1960’s, including a scene in 1967 movie “The Heat of the Night” featuring Sidney Poitier. After being retired from screen use, it was converted to an Ecto-1 and restored by a picture car company for exhibition use. We purchased this car and have displayed it in our museum for just over 10 years. The 59 Cadillac commercial vehicle is a rare car anyway you slice it. Only about 200 of these hearse / ambulances were ever built. There are only 8 known legit Ecto-1 replicas in America.
- www.ebay.com/itm/Cadillac-Other-Ecto-1-Ghostbusters-Ecto-1-Movie-car-replica-1959-Cadillac-Eureka-ambulance-hearse-/171163485702?forcerrptr=true&hash=item27da238606&item=171163485702&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
- volocars.com/1959-cadillac-ecto-1-ghostbusters-who-ya-gonna-call-c-870.htm#sthash.4duxSJpy.S28Oiwta.dpbs
So why part with it? Because Volo soon will have something even better, Museum Director Brian Grams said. The original movie car is a Miller-Meteor, Grams said he has located one of these exceptionally rare bodies and is sparing no expense in fine-tuning a new Ecto-1 display.
“We purchased it and for the past year have been restoring it to make it not a close, but exact replica of the original,” he said. “The restoration is being done by the same people who recently restored the original car for Sony, so they have first-hand knowledge.”
“We purchased it and for the past year have been restoring it to make it not a close, but exact replica of the original,” he said. “The restoration is being done by the same people who recently restored the original car for Sony, so they have first-hand knowledge.”
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