#Original ecto 1 movie
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In reality, ECTO-1A is a whole new car created for the film, bringing the count of 1959 Cadillacs used in the films to three.ДЄfter being used for promotional purposes (including lending ECTO-1A to Universal Studios, Florida, where tourists regularly swiped items from the car and it was smashed into by a park vehicle), the ECTOS ended up on the Sony back lot. In вЂњGhostbusters IIвЂќ (1989), ECTO-1 got a face-lift, with more gadgets, gizmos, new lights, a new logo and a new moniker: ECTO-1A. The concepts for ECTO were drawn by вЂњhardware consultantвЂќ John Daveikis and the idea was more properly realized by Steve Dane, who also created the proton packs for the film. In 2010, the promo car was put on the Barrett-Jackson auction block in Arizona, where it sold for $80,000. Sony Pictures rented the black pre-ECTO Cadillac for the movie, but ended up buying the car after filming and had вЂњKing of KustomizersвЂќ George Barris transform it into an ECTO to use as a promotional vehicle.

In the film, scientist and Ghostbuster Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) pulled up to Ghostbusters headquarters in the Caddy and said the car just needed a little work, including вЂњsome suspension work and shocks, brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear end, new rings, mufflers and a little wiring.вЂќ into an end-loader ambulance/hearse combination. The vehicle that would become ECTO is a 1959 Cadillac modified by the Miller-Meteor Co. Thirty years later, ECTO-1 remains in great shape and it is on display through March 14 in the Hollywood Gallery of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Then the 21-foot long, 7,300-pound car launched out of Ghostbusters HQ, whipped around the corner and raced off down the New York City streets to bust ghosts.

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In a dramatic entrance, the вЂњECTO-1вЂќ license plate flashed across the screen the firehouse doors opened the carвЂ™s headlights flickered on through the fog the blue sirens lit up and the Ghostbusters siren began to wail. The Ectomobile, or ECTO-1, in вЂњGhostbustersвЂќ made a phenomenal on-screen debut, nothing short of a super hero suiting up to fight crime. And the vehicle at the center of the action would be immortalized as one of the greatest star cars of all time.

#Original ecto 1 movie

A movie released in the summer of 1984 would earn a spot in cinema history.