![]() ![]() And, slightly more rarely, massive flower arrangements too. Right through until a law was passed regulating requirements for ambulances, Cadillac had a nice little sideline in building cars for ferrying the sick and the dead around. Instead, the car the production team picked and built was almost a one-of-a-kind already, a 1959 Cadillac hearse/ambulance coachbuilt by Miller-Meteor.Įven before Ectoplasm and Proton Packs show up, here's where things start getting a little weird. It's not the usual movie car story you find nowadays, what with embedded advertising, product placement, and behind the scenes sponsorship deals. This Friday, August 30th, fans first watched the colossal white and red beauty roll on-screen, lights flashing, ghost-traps armed and at the ready. It looms in the imagination, and just like the Stay-Puft marshmallow man, you can't keep it out of your head.Įcto-1 will forever be immortal, thanks to cinema, and this year it celebrates its thirtieth birthday along with the rest of the Ghostbusters franchise. Any time anybody mentions the '80s, up it pops. Any time anyone makes a list involving movie cars, it's on it. In fact, the resulting vehicle vies with the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee, and the Back to the Future DeLorean DMC-12 as one of the best-loved star cars of all time. Wait, $4,800? In 1984 money? “Also new rings, mufflers, a little wiring.” This is going to be a complete disaster. ![]() Brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear-end.” “Everybody relax: I found the car,” he says, pulling up in a grey-primered old 1950s relic, “Needs some suspension work and shocks. When Dan Aykroyd's Ray Stantz first brings home a stray, the Ghostbusters aren't too sure about it. ![]()
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