@David Simms the funny thing is, the Ecto 1 being slower and more sluggish with bad handling is a part of the charm that makes it more desirable than a Lamborghini to me. I don't need to go fast; I want to slow down and relax and be imperfect.
No competition, ecto would blow away even a Bugatti. Now get Ecto and the BTTF DeLorean together and tell people they can only get to see one - that would be interesting to see which ends up being more iconic....
phoenixman8569. If you watch the movie that fans have made out of the Ghostbusters video game cinematics, it is pretty much the 3rd movie, and it has most of the original cast, Including Harold ramis!
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Ecto 1 wasn't a prop. Ecto 1 was a character in the movie much like the DMC DeLorean was a character in "Back to the Future" or the Ford Interceptor in "Mad Max"
The biggest thing I love about Dan is he created a backstory for the mechanics and tech even to the smallest details it brings a believability and plausibility to the science of ghostbusting
"I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft!"
I saw Ghostbusters in its theatrical debut. My grandmother took my sister and I, and she really didn't want us to go see this. I still remember the conversation well. But we did. It was a very funny movie then and still to this day. Grandma is long gone, died in 1987. Great memories of good times.
Tig Trager just doing what every grandma would do. Tell’s you why you really shouldn’t, but then let’s you do it anyway😂😂 It’s a different kind of love only a grandma can give❤️
I though the same thing when I saw the video about the restoration of the Back to the Future Delorean. It was almost stripped bare of all parts and just so dirty. If it wasn't made of stainless it would have probably fell apart. Movie props are really only made to do their job while filming. They are not designed to be museum pieces. When they don't degrade over time they often end up in the trash like all the small scale models used for Star Wars.
If you watch Dan Aykroyd walk into the shop, watch how he holds the guy's hand as he passes through the doorway. He does this whenever he walks into a new place. I met him once at when he was promoting his vodka at a bar I worked at. I had to hold his hand as he walked through the front door. It has to do with his belief that he is ensuring that he is not stepping into a different dimension. Odd cat, but super nice guy.
Jake: What's this? Elwood: What? Jake: This car. This stupid car! Where's the Cadillac? [Elwood doesn't answer] Jake: The Caddy! Where's the Caddy? Elwood: The what? Jake: The Cadillac we used to have. The Bluesmobile! Elwood: I traded it. Jake: You traded the Bluesmobile for this? Elwood: No, for a microphone. Jake: A microphone? [pause] Jake: Okay I can see that. But what the hell is this? Elwood: This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Mount Prospect city police auction last spring. It's an old Mount Prospect police car. They were practically giving 'em away. Jake: Well thank you, pal. The day I get outta prison, my own brother picks me up in a *police* car!" Haha. The Bluesmobile was awesome. I actually got to see it too. It was at Universal Studios in LA.
From the bottom of the heart of a life-long Ghostbusters fan: thank you. Thanks to all of you who put so much hard work, professionalism, dedication, love and also respect into restoring one of the greatest cars in movie history. You deserve every jota of gratitude there is.
My favorite movie of all time. I litteraly know every word!! Its crazy how they let movie cars go. The bullett car, the General Lees, the Bandit cars, KITT,.... The list goes on of iconic movie and TV cars that are deemed worthless at the end of filming.
John, you may want to search Green Hornet's Black Beauty and the story behind that one. Not dissimilar to the great cars that were lost then found again. Dean Jefferies was the mastermind behind that car. I believe he made the Monkee mobile as well.
They don't realize how much these vehicles mean to the fans and to the shows themselves. In many cases these vehicles become as big a part of the shows as the actors, and in some cases bigger.
Imagine seeing Dan Aykroyd driving the Ecto-1 across your neighbourhood, you are talking on the phone and you basically freeze on place: "Hey man are you there?" "Dude, I just saw Ecto-1 driven by Dr. Stanz passing by me" "WTF? YOU KIDDING?! Dude? You still there?" -fall unconscious due to too much childhood memories being processed-
I'm from Dublin Ireland and that film and car ment so much to me as a young kid in the 80s must have seen the film a 100 time's love to see that car for real.
Maniac536 peeling decals, missing lenses, the hoses are cracked (see time is a window special feature) and various new rust spots. (Visual reference book)
That's squarely on the shoulders of Bill Murray. They'd had a script for 3 for years, but he wouldn't sign off on it due to "quality" issues, but he was happy to cash a cameo check in the reboot.
You are correct. The siren sound from the movie is not from any commercially available manufacturer, thus the movie car had no actual siren, but with some clever PA work, a loop of the movie effect could be played. Im sure they've thought of that.
My very first car that I proudly bought my own self with no parental help (so no strings) by saving up my first after school part time Taco Bell job in 1973 at 15 when minimum wage was a whopping 1.70 per hour was my neighbor's old white 1959 Cadillac which had been sittinh for several years unused he sold me for $100! It actually started up and ran very well and I waxed and polished her up to look like new again so by the time I turned 16 and got my license I had a real cream puff of a car. Those really were beautiful beasts inside and out. Mine had a green black interior which didn't have a flaw. They had these funky, yet good, AM radios with a sort of channel finder deal. There was a button on the floorboard next to the button for headlights dimmer which made the channel slider move which was a trip. They had a laser gun looking deal mounted on the dashboard which in theory was supposed to automatically dim the headlights to oncoming traffic. It really only worked 'ok' if out in the country on a long stretch dark road and even then it was ify. It had very liberal power steering and 'drum' breaks and power windows. The engine was a Caddy 390ci V8. They were really very elegant cars on so many levels. Yes they were very big and really didn't corner too well but they were comfortable old cars and fun to drive. Kids don't have any idea today what drive-in movie theaters were about and those old BIG cars were perfect for all that!
Yep and there was a hidden hint ;) Dan Akroyd and the mechanic said it would be hard to build those things without Sprenglers Blueprints. And what do we get in the trailer? Yep, somebody is building the Protonpack.
@@NetherViking I have a feeling this new movie is going to be as awesome as the first two were. As long as you've got people like Dan Aykroyd involved in the project, it's going to be in the same spirit. (lol Pun, was intended :p)
Great to see it fully restored, my friend who at the time run his own Motorcycle shop in Belfast told me how one day he was working at his stock computer in reception when he became aware of a guy entering the shop and approaching the desk, he looked up and it was Bill Murray who had popped in for a look, he was shell shocked and said Bill was really nice, all these guys made my our childhood much greater by making Ghostbusters, to this day it is still my favourite film!
... and K.I.T.T. =) Never was a fan of General Lee. That was just another dopey muscle car to me. But K.I.T.T.... K.I.T.T. was cool (and I _loved_ William Daniels' voice acting in the role).
I hope you are referring to the NEW Ghostbusters movie! I did not even bother wasting my time and money to go see that garbage! The original from when I was a teen was the BEST EVER! Someplace around here I still have the Orig. T shirt. I have a picture of ecto-1 that I took at Universal Studios in Orlando Fl. But I think it was a replica. The only thing I noticed different is the side lights on the roof were red not blue like in the movie. That is the only thing that gave it away! Every time someone reboots a classic movie it they tarnish the name. Not to mention I HATE ROSIE ODONNAL so it was an AUTOMATIC deal breaker for me!
Let me clarify..... The all female version. It sucked. Not cause it was all female, it just sucked. The 2 original movies were awesome. I just hate that Bill Murray fucked us out of a #3.
Ghostbusters is my all time favorite childhood movie I’ve seen it hundreds of times I have a bunch of pop figures and merch from them,I have a locker that resembles there locker.The locker is made out of wood and it is made to hold my Proton Pack,Suit,Trap,Belt,Pke meter,etc
Ghostbuster:Afterlife..Me want now!!!!! Lookin damn good, got the freakin goosebumps watching ECTO-1 being driven out of the barn and the girl shooting the Proton pack while that beautiful sound of a siren is blaring. And that gunner seat... nerdgasm!!!
@westplus1 no one has to pay Akroyd to do this; he's a part owner (a controlling share? No, thats why the all female cast debacle) of the GB franchise. But yes; he's no Leno in regards to cars. New remake will be awesome.
There's a guy that lives a few miles from me here in Michigan that owns one of the originals from the movie. He won it in a contest in the 80's see it in the summer at the Woodward Dream Cruise.
not gonna lie.. man tears might have shown when it turned up at the start all mangled up.. and then another tear might have shed when it was refurbished.
My first introduction to Ghostbusters was the cartoon (I was born in 82). So when I got to see the film shortly after, as much as I was excited to see the actual guys who played Peter, Ray, Egon etc. The bit I looked forward to the most was seeing Ecto 1. That car is my favourite thing about Ghostbusters. Same goes for when I first saw Batman (1989). Everyone was excited to see Michael Keaton as The Dark Knight, but I was more interested in seeing when the Batmobile showed up.
I am tearing up it made me so happy seeing Dan Aykroyd driving around in that car. Thank you guys so much for making it happen by all of my heart thank you❤️
thanks for posting this video and restoring ecto1 it brought back so many happy memories of 1984 when I was a carefree 16 years of age and still remember me and my two friends going to watch ghostbusters at the Odeon cinema in Glasgow. great to see Dan Ackroyd and Harold ramis who is sadly no longer with us. thought bill Murray would have contributed which would have been nice as well as rick morranis Sigourney weaver and Ernie Hudson but guess they were all busy.
@8:14 South Africa is the home country of the family that started Belron...one of the largest auto glass providers in the world. not a huge surprise there.
It broke my heart seeing the original car in such disrepair. So happy they were able to put this project together and restore it to former glory. And of course, Dan has the entire encyclopedia of car knowledge and history in his head, so you don't want to mess up in front of him.
Nothing makes me happier! Not only seeing this absolutely iconic piece of movie history get painstakingly restored but even more so the joy and the love that Dan Aykroyd had seeing it, driving it, and talking about every nut and bolt on the thing. You see actors say "Oh yeah it was fun" or something like that. But to hear him talk about every detail. You can tell he was emotionally invested. And that makes me happy.
@Rob Cook Whether the pre-restored value was 10k, 20k, 50k or 100k is completely irrelevant. My point is that they transformed the car from literally a scrapper to its former movie glory in afew weeks increasing its value to potentially millions.
We need more guys like this! They got the two P's correct. Passion and Professionalism all on the same car and brought back a beloved Hollywood car back to life.
I was 10 years old when the Ghost Busters movie came out, now at 45 I can recall vividly how well Ecto-1's role played in the movie. Not sure if Ecto-1's blue siren's lead to all U.S. law enforcement official color of choice today. Thanks for showing and making us fans have a nostalgic moment I'll never forget Ecto-1's siren wails. 🙂👍
I was hoping for that, too. Maybe next year when they release the new film (after retconning that p.o.s. 2016 one down the toilet) we may get to see him reunited with the car for a promotional piece where he'll get to play with all the switches with the fans. Here's hoping, anyway. =)
Some of the stuff they did turned out a bit wonky, the blue circular roof lights at the front and back are meant to go on and off, for whatever reason they're now static, the red light on the roof (Propello Ray) also appears to be static now, in the movies it had a rotation effect.
In this youtube vid, only this man has the most accurate Ecto-1 and this guy used to work for the cartoon series which is awesome! ua-cam.com/video/AdPlOHrVssg/v-deo.html
**That unit is a "Mars-Lite" that was very common in the '40's and '50's...the reflector-pan is mounted on a gimbal that 'sways slowly from side-to-side' from vehicle motion****In the mid-'80's I worked as an EMT at "American Ambulance" in Detroit and the 'Caddy' Ambulances by 'Superior Coach' were still in use! ** (they were '73 to '76 models) **The Cadillac was faster w/a vastly better ride than any of the 'cube' ambulances in common use even then, and the only reason they were still in-use is that they were 'grand-fathered' in despite not conforming to 'DOT' specs.**('American' had been in the 'ambulance business' since 1926!) (another little 'trivia bit'...the 'Westinghouse' alternator on the ambulance-conversions was rated at 900-amps at 'high-idle' setting from a dash-switch....that unit was **HUGE** and had to be re-built if it failed, since no replacements were available)**And yes, I DROVE IT many times w/full 'lights & siren', although I was generally the 'jump-seat medic' in- charge of patient care** (I still have my 'Cadillac Ambulance' tie-clasp from '86...one of my 'treasured trinkets')
Great video! Love seeing Dan Aykroyd sitting in the back of Echto 1 watching DVD of Ghostbusters and reminiscing! Also happy to see Hollywood finally recognizing how important these Iconic cars were to the industry they're just like one of the Actors in the movie. Instead of letting them rot on some outdoor parking lot! They have always treated Iconic movie vehicles like this. Examples; The Bat Mobile, The Munster Coffin car, Back to the Future DeLorean and many more. This should have been done long ago and put in a Cinema Museum.
Duh. You are comparing apples and oranges, different classes of vehicles. Mystery Machine would be more like other vehicles with unique paint schemes used for transportation like the A-Team van, the semi with the stage coach mural from Smokey and the Bandit, and maybe Dukes of Hazard type vehicles. While Ecto would be more like vehicles with gadgets, electronics, lights, etc... like the Delorean time machine from Back to the Future or KITT from Night Rider.
Hello from Lewiston Idaho. Thank you for preserving such an iconic piece of movie history. Some will never understand, the car and the movie is a reminder to never stop dreaming. 🤓🤘😎
Why didn't Dan Aykroyd suit up in the GB outfit of Ray Stantz for this??? I still haven't seen the new/latest GhostBusters movie... I don't feel like I need to.
GB is my favorite movie. So good to see Ecto 1 restored and being driven. I can just imagine some rookie cop ticketing Dan for an improper plate. Once he got back to the station he would know what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you!
To those that love her, she is an angel that will help you fulfill all your dreams and goals, a benevolent force that will love you without equal. To those that oppose her, she is the epidemy of the nineth circle of Hell where the perpetual agony of Judas is heard throughout the scorched air putrid with the flies that feast upon the rancid flesh of the damned. Hers is not the only happening of mechanical cognition. Be good to your vehicle. You never know whose emotions you are injuring when you say, "I hate this old piece of junk." Chances are you just have a car. But do you want to take that chance? Wash your car and listen to music in it today. It may save your life another day.
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
I wish people would quit giving that movie so much hate. If you don't look at it as part of the main Ghostbusters timeline and instead look at it as a comedic spin-off, it isn't bad. It was a funny movie and as a fan of the original Ghostbusters movies, I like the 2016 spin on the franchise.
So sad to see the condition Ecto 1 was in before the refurbishment. Looks so beautiful and original now. Too bad they didn't put the siren on during this filming, unless the mechanics weren't able to do anything for the siren. I can still remember when I was in grammar school, once the final bell rang and it was time to go home, I couldn't wait to get home to put my school stuff away before changing and then hopping on the sofa to turn the TV on to watch the Ghostbusters cartoon on Fox. I loved watching Slimer grab the burger from Winston right after Winston ran to grab his gear. And then Slimer going down the pole before kissing Janine and grabbing onto Ecto 1. I loved the way Janine would answer the phone.
@@EzeePosseTV it is pretty funny. I just hate how thr kids are getting mentioned in this mess. They don't deserve it and egon's granddaughter in the movie is like 13 in real life and a fan of the originals, leave em alone.
Exactly! But you know, SJW's will always create drama out of nothing. Even if you kowtow to them they're not happy. I just hope the young actors are not put off by the negative attention and do another Next gen GB movie.
This car would turn more heads then a Lamborghini. That’s how special this car is.
Michael Tardi frrrr
I second that =)
It's movie history, nostalgia and amazing childhood memories on wheels.
@David Simms the funny thing is, the Ecto 1 being slower and more sluggish with bad handling is a part of the charm that makes it more desirable than a Lamborghini to me. I don't need to go fast; I want to slow down and relax and be imperfect.
Park it and a lambo next to each other and see which gets its picture taken more.
No competition, ecto would blow away even a Bugatti.
Now get Ecto and the BTTF DeLorean together and tell people they can only get to see one - that would be interesting to see which ends up being more iconic....
So sad Harold Ramis did not live to make another G.B. movie but at least he lived long enough to see the old Ecto 1 restored R.I.P - DR.Egon
phoenixman8569. If you watch the movie that fans have made out of the Ghostbusters video game cinematics, it is pretty much the 3rd movie, and it has most of the original cast, Including Harold ramis!
phoenixman8569. This is the extended version, but there are shorter cuts. ua-cam.com/video/iS3Qrkf7W_g/v-deo.html
fuck off you halfwit pretending to be the internet grammar police
He at least got to work on the game, both writing and voicing it.
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Ecto 1 wasn't a prop. Ecto 1 was a character in the movie much like the DMC DeLorean was a character in "Back to the Future" or the Ford Interceptor in "Mad Max"
arghh the interceptor feels
Or Megan Fox in "Transformers".
and KITT from Knight Rider
General Lee. Flatten some hills, straighten the curves.
Or the Batmobile
"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!"
My favourite line in the original movie
The biggest thing I love about Dan is he created a backstory for the mechanics and tech even to the smallest details it brings a believability and plausibility to the science of ghostbusting
I would've fainted if Dan Aykroyd drove past me in the Ecto 1 while I was walking down the street....
Wile E Coyote lmao stfu
@Wile E Coyote You must be a 2016 Ghostbusters fan LOL
I was a big fan of ghost busters a very long time ago.. I liked ecto 1 besides knight rider and the general Lee car
Funny story, I had a guy with a BTTF DeLorean from THE MOVIE pass me.
I would have jumped on the back and hugged it
R.I.P Harold Ramis. :( there will never be another Egon Spengler.
The instant I saw Mr. Harold Ramis, a smile forged itself onto my face. God, I miss him so much. We all do, I'm sure.
Who's excited for *_Ghostbusters: Afterlife_* next year???
Oh Hell Yeahhh!
It's looking good. Right tone, hitting the right notes. Watching its progress with great interest. :)
I just watched the trailer and went straight here for Ecto 1.So yes I am hyped.
Me!!!!!!!
As long as it saves the franchise and erases that 2016 disaster out of all our heads.
"I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft!"
Ray has gone bye-bye Egon...what've you got left?
@@michaelsteinbach "Sorry, Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought."
Good thinkin', Ray.
Cause one time your Honor I turned in to a dog and they helped me. Thanks,short but pointless
"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!"
I saw Ghostbusters in its theatrical debut. My grandmother took my sister and I, and she really didn't want us to go see this. I still remember the conversation well. But we did. It was a very funny movie then and still to this day. Grandma is long gone, died in 1987. Great memories of good times.
Tig Trager thanks for sharing!! I saw ghostbusters in Liverpool England on tv 1990, I was born 84!
Awww. That's a wonderful memory to have & be able to enjoy everytime you watcg Ghostbusters.
Tig Trager just doing what every grandma would do. Tell’s you why you really shouldn’t, but then let’s you do it anyway😂😂 It’s a different kind of love only a grandma can give❤️
Did she end up enjoying the freaking awesome movie?
I saw it in 2014 for Christmas when Harold Ramis sadly passed but at least he doesn't have to suffer anymore
Can't believe they let that car go 2 shit like that! That's a crying shame. Glad they resurrected it. Should have never got that bad in the 1st place.
Josh Awesome I said the same thing. They couldn’t put it on display INSIDE or something?
I though the same thing when I saw the video about the restoration of the Back to the Future Delorean. It was almost stripped bare of all parts and just so dirty. If it wasn't made of stainless it would have probably fell apart. Movie props are really only made to do their job while filming. They are not designed to be museum pieces. When they don't degrade over time they often end up in the trash like all the small scale models used for Star Wars.
I was surprise it wasn't in a big movie collector's car lot this whole time.
Winston kept using it on the weekends to to go clubs bro.
Josh
If you watch Dan Aykroyd walk into the shop, watch how he holds the guy's hand as he passes through the doorway. He does this whenever he walks into a new place. I met him once at when he was promoting his vodka at a bar I worked at. I had to hold his hand as he walked through the front door. It has to do with his belief that he is ensuring that he is not stepping into a different dimension. Odd cat, but super nice guy.
Anybody else get just a little emotional seeing Dan drive?
Dan Akyrod is a big time gearhead, he played a big role when he starred in the blues brothers with that 74 dodge monaco.
He made blue brothers 2000 they have 1995 Ford crown Victoria.. In that movie
Imagine how many rat rods could be built using parts from the junkyard in "Nothing But Trouble".
"They were practically giving them away.."
ah elwood blues, who likes dry toast
Jake: What's this?
Elwood: What?
Jake: This car. This stupid car! Where's the Cadillac?
[Elwood doesn't answer]
Jake: The Caddy! Where's the Caddy?
Elwood: The what?
Jake: The Cadillac we used to have. The Bluesmobile!
Elwood: I traded it.
Jake: You traded the Bluesmobile for this?
Elwood: No, for a microphone.
Jake: A microphone?
[pause]
Jake: Okay I can see that. But what the hell is this?
Elwood: This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Mount Prospect city police auction last spring. It's an old Mount Prospect police car. They were practically giving 'em away.
Jake: Well thank you, pal. The day I get outta prison, my own brother picks me up in a *police* car!"
Haha. The Bluesmobile was awesome. I actually got to see it too. It was at Universal Studios in LA.
From the bottom of the heart of a life-long Ghostbusters fan: thank you. Thanks to all of you who put so much hard work, professionalism, dedication, love and also respect into restoring one of the greatest cars in movie history. You deserve every jota of gratitude there is.
Rest in peace Harold Ramis! We miss you!
Just like the U.S.S. Enterprise was apart of Star Trek this piece of fine car work was a part of Ghostbusters just like another character!
My favorite movie of all time. I litteraly know every word!! Its crazy how they let movie cars go. The bullett car, the General Lees, the Bandit cars, KITT,.... The list goes on of iconic movie and TV cars that are deemed worthless at the end of filming.
John, you may want to search Green Hornet's Black Beauty and the story behind that one. Not dissimilar to the great cars that were lost then found again. Dean Jefferies was the mastermind behind that car. I believe he made the Monkee mobile as well.
Don't forget about the original Delorean used in Back to the Future. Thank goodness someone restored that as well.
They don't realize how much these vehicles mean to the fans and to the shows themselves. In many cases these vehicles become as big a part of the shows as the actors, and in some cases bigger.
Imagine seeing Dan Aykroyd driving the Ecto-1 across your neighbourhood, you are talking on the phone and you basically freeze on place: "Hey man are you there?" "Dude, I just saw Ecto-1 driven by Dr. Stanz passing by me" "WTF? YOU KIDDING?! Dude? You still there?" -fall unconscious due to too much childhood memories being processed-
I'm from Dublin Ireland and that film and car ment so much to me as a young kid in the 80s must have seen the film a 100 time's love to see that car for real.
Same as me lad ,I'm a galway man ,this film is my child hood and a part of my life, pity they never made a tv show real life like a Netflix show
If only Dan had stuck the siren on full blast down that street! Such an iconic sound and such an iconic car! Truly a character in itself!
This and the A team van was my childhood.
My son loved that movie when he was a kid. We watched it a hundred times I bet. That car was one of the stars as far as I'm concerned.
Good, the amount of emotion that I feel for this car is amazing
Thank you for resurrecting such a great piece of American cinema history. Magnificent is right... wow.
she needs to be restored again.
bandittweintraub Sony has shown her off in a few events over the past few years, she still looks fine
Maniac536 peeling decals, missing lenses, the hoses are cracked (see time is a window special feature) and various new rust spots. (Visual reference book)
That's squarely on the shoulders of Bill Murray. They'd had a script for 3 for years, but he wouldn't sign off on it due to "quality" issues, but he was happy to cash a cameo check in the reboot.
goodbyeangels
Looked great, shame we didn't get to hear the siren wail.
IKR? If only he'd used the siren when he was driving it!
Pretty sure that was an effect added in post.
You are correct. The siren sound from the movie is not from any commercially available manufacturer, thus the movie car had no actual siren, but with some clever PA work, a loop of the movie effect could be played. Im sure they've thought of that.
It was added in post. It was a digital sound not a real siren.
The siren sound was made from a leopard snarl and then heavily post processed.
My very first car that I proudly bought my own self with no parental help (so no strings) by saving up my first after school part time Taco Bell job in 1973 at 15 when minimum wage was a whopping 1.70 per hour was my neighbor's old white 1959 Cadillac which had been sittinh for several years unused he sold me for $100! It actually started up and ran very well and I waxed and polished her up to look like new again so by the time I turned 16 and got my license I had a real cream puff of a car. Those really were beautiful beasts inside and out. Mine had a green black interior which didn't have a flaw. They had these funky, yet good, AM radios with a sort of channel finder deal. There was a button on the floorboard next to the button for headlights dimmer which made the channel slider move which was a trip. They had a laser gun looking deal mounted on the dashboard which in theory was supposed to automatically dim the headlights to oncoming traffic. It really only worked 'ok' if out in the country on a long stretch dark road and even then it was ify. It had very liberal power steering and 'drum' breaks and power windows. The engine was a Caddy 390ci V8. They were really very elegant cars on so many levels. Yes they were very big and really didn't corner too well but they were comfortable old cars and fun to drive. Kids don't have any idea today what drive-in movie theaters were about and those old BIG cars were perfect for all that!
Too cool, plus to have Mr. Aykroyd come by and give his blessing on the job. AWESOME
Anyone here from the ghostbusters 3 teaser?
Yep and there was a hidden hint ;) Dan Akroyd and the mechanic said it would be hard to build those things without Sprenglers Blueprints. And what do we get in the trailer? Yep, somebody is building the Protonpack.
@@NetherViking I have a feeling this new movie is going to be as awesome as the first two were. As long as you've got people like Dan Aykroyd involved in the project, it's going to be in the same spirit. (lol Pun, was intended :p)
Can't wait to see the original ECTO-1 back in Ghostbusters 3
Blue Topaz yes it’s about time!!! I just wish Harold Ramis was still alive 😢
hell yeah!! i'm a massive GhostBusters fan!!!
Great to see it fully restored, my friend who at the time run his own Motorcycle shop in Belfast told me how one day he was working at his stock computer in reception when he became aware of a guy entering the shop and approaching the desk, he looked up and it was Bill Murray who had popped in for a look, he was shell shocked and said Bill was really nice, all these guys made my our childhood much greater by making Ghostbusters, to this day it is still my favourite film!
Ecto 1 One of my most favorite car!
So happy she has such loyal people loving on her, can't wait to see her one day!
Thank you so for saving and restoring this beautiful car.
Wow. Almost cried when I saw the shape they let her get in. So glad to see her restored to even better shape then she was in the movie.
Ecto 1, Mach 5, and Delorean are my childhood vehicles
... and K.I.T.T. =)
Never was a fan of General Lee. That was just another dopey muscle car to me. But K.I.T.T.... K.I.T.T. was cool (and I _loved_ William Daniels' voice acting in the role).
Ecto-1 (Ghostbusters original)
Ecto-1A (Ghostbusters II)
Ecto-1B (Ghostbusters the video game)
Ecto -1 Ghostbusters the reboot 1984 caddie hearse
James Hamblin That one doesn't count.
That movie was an insult to the Ghostbuster name.
I hope you are referring to the NEW Ghostbusters movie! I did not even bother wasting my time and money to go see that garbage! The original from when I was a teen was the BEST EVER! Someplace around here I still have the Orig. T shirt. I have a picture of ecto-1 that I took at Universal Studios in Orlando Fl. But I think it was a replica. The only thing I noticed different is the side lights on the roof were red not blue like in the movie. That is the only thing that gave it away! Every time someone reboots a classic movie it they tarnish the name. Not to mention I HATE ROSIE ODONNAL so it was an AUTOMATIC deal breaker for me!
Let me clarify..... The all female version. It sucked. Not cause it was all female, it just sucked. The 2 original movies were awesome. I just hate that Bill Murray fucked us out of a #3.
Two old friends reunited, Dr. Raymond Stanz and ECTO-1
jesus christ this car... such a beautiful piece of art. RIP Stephen Dane the designer of ECTO-1. a true legend
He may still be a passenger from time to time. After all, it is the Ecto 1.
Ghostbusters is my all time favorite childhood movie I’ve seen it hundreds of times I have a bunch of pop figures and merch from them,I have a locker that resembles there locker.The locker is made out of wood and it is made to hold my Proton Pack,Suit,Trap,Belt,Pke meter,etc
Ghostbuster:Afterlife..Me want now!!!!! Lookin damn good, got the freakin goosebumps watching ECTO-1 being driven out of the barn and the girl shooting the Proton pack while that beautiful sound of a siren is blaring. And that gunner seat... nerdgasm!!!
The holy trinity of classic movie vehicles: DeLorean, KITT and Ecto 1. Good times.
Let's not forget James Bond's Aston Martin
If there's the full video of Dan talking about all the parts of the car, I'd want to see that.
I second that, prolly on the dvd lol
@westplus1 Spoken like someone that never made it out of mommy's basement.
@westplus1 no one has to pay Akroyd to do this; he's a part owner (a controlling share? No, thats why the all female cast debacle) of the GB franchise. But yes; he's no Leno in regards to cars. New remake will be awesome.
I would love to see Dan give a walkthrough of Ecto-1 and all it's gadgets.
The guy is a true genius, how easily he slips into character..
Imagine walking down the sidewalk that day and all of a sudden Dan drives by you in the Ecto1. No one would believe you.
There's a guy that lives a few miles from me here in Michigan that owns one of the originals from the movie. He won it in a contest in the 80's see it in the summer at the Woodward Dream Cruise.
not gonna lie.. man tears might have shown when it turned up at the start all mangled up.. and then another tear might have shed when it was refurbished.
someguy onyoutube …Oh, thank God I’m not the only one. 😅
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9:59 Dan's face is a kid getting to see Santa brought that huge gift he wanted on Christmas Day.
My first introduction to Ghostbusters was the cartoon (I was born in 82). So when I got to see the film shortly after, as much as I was excited to see the actual guys who played Peter, Ray, Egon etc. The bit I looked forward to the most was seeing Ecto 1. That car is my favourite thing about Ghostbusters. Same goes for when I first saw Batman (1989). Everyone was excited to see Michael Keaton as The Dark Knight, but I was more interested in seeing when the Batmobile showed up.
I am tearing up it made me so happy seeing Dan Aykroyd driving around in that car. Thank you guys so much for making it happen by all of my heart thank you❤️
Thank so much to the crew who restored Ecto 1 ! Harold Ramis has been taking it out for spin when no was looking.
thanks for posting this video and restoring ecto1 it brought back so many happy memories of 1984 when I was a carefree 16 years of age and still remember me and my two friends going to watch ghostbusters at the Odeon cinema in Glasgow. great to see Dan Ackroyd and Harold ramis who is sadly no longer with us. thought bill Murray would have contributed which would have been nice as well as rick morranis Sigourney weaver and Ernie Hudson but guess they were all busy.
@8:14 South Africa is the home country of the family that started Belron...one of the largest auto glass providers in the world. not a huge surprise there.
They probably custom made it.
And now its coming back in the 2020 ghostbusters!
As Ecto-1C?
@Rob Cook oh neat.
Awesome rebuild, however the one thing missing in all of that was...that ICONIC siren! Never got to hear it working again.
That is one magnificently beautiful enormous beast😍 Ecto 1 is mind blowing and an American icon.
Cringe 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮
Greatest movie of all time. period. Greatest franchise of all time. period. Most unique franchise of all time. period
Ghost busters is this guy who everyone loves and then never came back.
Untill 2020... Very nervous what he looks like now
Ecto-1 is a Holy Relic!
Anyone else noticed Dan putting the number plate on out of line 😂 they must of refitted that.
Thank you so much for restoring this timeless classic
The original car came from the funeral home in the town I live in
That car is from my hometown.....I'm Famous.
Cool
Easy Randy. Not every comment needs a troll.
@@cassidybb10 Sorry.
@@Randy-ry9ss you're cool bud lol. Just teasing ya. Looking forward to the new film. You?
Perhaps we might see the car in the new 2020 project :)
that's why the restored it ,, they have a trailer out already for 3 ,, and harold ramis son is doing it .
@@gregbanter3022 Wrong. Jason Reitman is doing it. The Original Director's son.
MrFreakUK well, the same car was in the trailer, so it might be!
The toys everything is getting re released
@@gregbanter3022 the car was restored in 2009....so this was way before GB3 for 2020 was a thing
SO many childhood memories there! Together with Back To The Future's car, the Ecto-1 is among the best!
Great stuff man... This is history in the making preserving the memory of the GB culture! #YES!
Now that's a car I'd like to own
The most dated thing on that car is the early/mid 2000's audio video Sony explode stuff
The game came out mid-2009 and I'm sure they were promoting the hell out of it way before that.
Sony XPLOD products still kick the ass out of anything today. It's a very competent audio system, same with Rockford Fosgate back in the early 90s.
It broke my heart seeing the original car in such disrepair. So happy they were able to put this project together and restore it to former glory.
And of course, Dan has the entire encyclopedia of car knowledge and history in his head, so you don't want to mess up in front of him.
Nothing makes me happier! Not only seeing this absolutely iconic piece of movie history get painstakingly restored but even more so the joy and the love that Dan Aykroyd had seeing it, driving it, and talking about every nut and bolt on the thing. You see actors say "Oh yeah it was fun" or something like that. But to hear him talk about every detail. You can tell he was emotionally invested. And that makes me happy.
It's a big Twinkie.
Lol
That's a big twinky
If it was yellow.
What about the Twinkie?
That car literally went from $10k to $1mil + in a few weeks.
I agree. You know how many collectors probably were bidding on that ? lol
@Rob Cook Whether the pre-restored value was 10k, 20k, 50k or 100k is completely irrelevant. My point is that they transformed the car from literally a scrapper to its former movie glory in afew weeks increasing its value to potentially millions.
We need more guys like this! They got the two P's correct. Passion and Professionalism all on the same car and brought back a beloved Hollywood car back to life.
I was 10 years old when the Ghost Busters movie came out, now at 45 I can recall vividly how well Ecto-1's role played in the movie. Not sure if Ecto-1's blue siren's lead to all U.S. law enforcement official color of choice today.
Thanks for showing and making us fans have a nostalgic moment I'll never forget Ecto-1's siren wails. 🙂👍
I was waiting for the iconic, "Ray Stanz" to turn on the siren while he was driving the Ecto 1, a little bummed but happy nonetheless..
I was hoping for that, too. Maybe next year when they release the new film (after retconning that p.o.s. 2016 one down the toilet) we may get to see him reunited with the car for a promotional piece where he'll get to play with all the switches with the fans. Here's hoping, anyway. =)
Some of the stuff they did turned out a bit wonky, the blue circular roof lights at the front and back are meant to go on and off, for whatever reason they're now static, the red light on the roof (Propello Ray) also appears to be static now, in the movies it had a rotation effect.
In this youtube vid, only this man has the most accurate Ecto-1 and this guy used to work for the cartoon series which is awesome!
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**That unit is a "Mars-Lite" that was very common in the '40's and '50's...the reflector-pan is mounted on a gimbal that 'sways slowly from side-to-side' from vehicle motion****In the mid-'80's I worked as an EMT at "American Ambulance" in Detroit and the 'Caddy' Ambulances by 'Superior Coach' were still in use! ** (they were '73 to '76 models) **The Cadillac was faster w/a vastly better ride than any of the 'cube' ambulances in common use even then, and the only reason they were still in-use is that they were 'grand-fathered' in despite not conforming to 'DOT' specs.**('American' had been in the 'ambulance business' since 1926!) (another little 'trivia bit'...the 'Westinghouse' alternator on the ambulance-conversions was rated at 900-amps at 'high-idle' setting from a dash-switch....that unit was **HUGE** and had to be re-built if it failed, since no replacements were available)**And yes, I DROVE IT many times w/full 'lights & siren', although I was generally the 'jump-seat medic' in- charge of patient care** (I still have my 'Cadillac Ambulance' tie-clasp from '86...one of my 'treasured trinkets')
They did the best they could; after all, the poor thing was so rotted, it was totally ready for the junkyard!
I like so much watching American technicians fixing or restoring things. They take it so seriously!
Germans (and everybody else) do, too. Somehow, we've -all- survived the era of (fiberglass, LOL) kit-cars. xD
Great video! Love seeing Dan Aykroyd sitting in the back of Echto 1 watching DVD of Ghostbusters and reminiscing! Also happy to see Hollywood finally recognizing how important these Iconic cars were to the industry they're just like one of the Actors in the movie. Instead of letting them rot on some outdoor parking lot! They have always treated Iconic movie vehicles like this. Examples; The Bat Mobile, The Munster Coffin car, Back to the Future DeLorean and many more. This should have been done long ago and put in a Cinema Museum.
And this is why the mystery machine will never ever compare to this beautiful work of art known as Ecto 1
Swift Streak- To be fair...different playing fields altogether.
Duh. You are comparing apples and oranges, different classes of vehicles. Mystery Machine would be more like other vehicles with unique paint schemes used for transportation like the A-Team van, the semi with the stage coach mural from Smokey and the Bandit, and maybe Dukes of Hazard type vehicles. While Ecto would be more like vehicles with gadgets, electronics, lights, etc... like the Delorean time machine from Back to the Future or KITT from Night Rider.
@@solrosenberg9552 Now you're speaking my language
Can’t wait for GB3
RIP HAROLD RAMIS
Hello from Lewiston Idaho. Thank you for preserving such an iconic piece of movie history. Some will never understand, the car and the movie is a reminder to never stop dreaming. 🤓🤘😎
Ecto1 is one of my favorite movie cars. Its great to see it restored back to original movie magic.
Have a great day
Mark
Let's run some red lights!
Why didn't Dan Aykroyd suit up in the GB outfit of Ray Stantz for this???
I still haven't seen the new/latest GhostBusters movie... I don't feel like I need to.
Don't worry. There is a newer GB movie out on summer 2020. =D
He's too fat now.
Yeah dont. It was awful
Nobody needs to, its utterly disgraceful
3 is garbage and merely a cash cow from Sony. They tried to milk a Fandom and it failed hilariously.
That moment when you begin rewatching this after not having seen it in some years, and suddenly Harold Ramis pops up on the screen...💔💔💔
Terrific video ! Fascinating ! Ghostbusters was one of my favorite movies but I didn't realize what a larger-than-life character that ECTO-1 was!
That’s why the lady ghostbusters didn’t do so well. They lacked the respect of the history and the attention detail like the originals
RIP Ramis !....
GB is my favorite movie. So good to see Ecto 1 restored and being driven. I can just imagine some rookie cop ticketing Dan for an improper plate. Once he got back to the station he would know what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you!
No matter your age this car is instantly recognisable that’s how special this car is
She lives yet again 😂😂 2020 ecto 1 in the new movie
If Christine were an Angel instead of a demon
Right!
To those that love her, she is an angel that will help you fulfill all your dreams and goals, a benevolent force that will love you without equal. To those that oppose her, she is the epidemy of the nineth circle of Hell where the perpetual agony of Judas is heard throughout the scorched air putrid with the flies that feast upon the rancid flesh of the damned. Hers is not the only happening of mechanical cognition. Be good to your vehicle. You never know whose emotions you are injuring when you say, "I hate this old piece of junk." Chances are you just have a car. But do you want to take that chance? Wash your car and listen to music in it today. It may save your life another day.
I say nice stuff to the old girl all the time. She has and still does serve me well.
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
A great adventure, excellent work! Thanks for sharing!
Can we pretend that the 2016 "Ghostbusters" movie (and I use that title very loosely) never existed?!?!?
There was no Ghostbusters movie in 2016.
I wish people would quit giving that movie so much hate. If you don't look at it as part of the main Ghostbusters timeline and instead look at it as a comedic spin-off, it isn't bad. It was a funny movie and as a fan of the original Ghostbusters movies, I like the 2016 spin on the franchise.
Huh, what 2016 Ghostbusters movie is this guy talking about? I could Google it but I'm not going to waste my time with silly conspiracy theories.
i hope the car is in the Ghostbusters 3
It was in all 3 original ghost busters movies
@@williamgosvener47 there were only 2 Ghostbusters movies.....the 2016 movie had an 80's Cadillac.....which honestly wasn't very good looking
It's gonna be in the new movie
Me too! That would be amazing.
RIP Harold Ramis. One of the greats!
So sad to see the condition Ecto 1 was in before the refurbishment. Looks so beautiful and original now. Too bad they didn't put the siren on during this filming, unless the mechanics weren't able to do anything for the siren.
I can still remember when I was in grammar school, once the final bell rang and it was time to go home, I couldn't wait to get home to put my school stuff away before changing and then hopping on the sofa to turn the TV on to watch the Ghostbusters cartoon on Fox. I loved watching Slimer grab the burger from Winston right after Winston ran to grab his gear. And then Slimer going down the pole before kissing Janine and grabbing onto Ecto 1. I loved the way Janine would answer the phone.
Who is here from the *Ghostbusters -Afterlife* movie trailers video's?
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Sweet! .. I can't wait to see the new movie, plus I love how the SJW's are losing their shit over it.. lol
@@EzeePosseTV it is pretty funny. I just hate how thr kids are getting mentioned in this mess. They don't deserve it and egon's granddaughter in the movie is like 13 in real life and a fan of the originals, leave em alone.
Exactly! But you know, SJW's will always create drama out of nothing. Even if you kowtow to them they're not happy. I just hope the young actors are not put off by the negative attention and do another Next gen GB movie.
@@EzeePosseTV me too man, me too
10:02 thats my baby!
Or my dream car
One of the most famous, iconic cars of all time.
As a fan, I'm so happy to know the car has been restored - and hopefully now cared for properly.
Remember me and my brother standing next to the ecto-1 they had at universal studios in Florida back in 1996.
Was a dream come true.