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The Ecto-1 (also known as the Ectomobile) was the vehicle that the Ghostbusters used to travel throughout New York City busting ghosts and other entities. It was relocated to Summerville, Oklahoma for over a decade, but was later returned to New York City in summer 2021. Contents. 1History. 1.1Primary Canon History. 1.1.1Ghostbusters (1984)
- Miller and Meteor were initially competing companies. Wayne Corporation, an Indiana company that made buses, wanted to diversify. In 1954, they purchased Meteor Motor Car, which built limousines and ambulances.
- The tailfins were the largest to appear on a production car. They’re the same from the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado.
- The Miller-Meteor production run was very limited. Only about 400 vehicles were made. The powerplant was a 6.3-liter V8, good for 320 horsepower. Seems like a lot until you factor in the car’s curb weight: around three tons.
- Early scripts called for a 1975 Cadillac ambulance. Though by the time the final shooting script was locked in, the 1959 model was settled on, though the purchase price was too low at $1,400.
The Ecto-1 is a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Sentinel limo-style endloader combination car (ambulance conversion) used in the 1984 film Ghostbusters and other Ghostbusters fiction. [2] [3] The original vehicle design was the creation of Steven Dane, credited as a Hardware Consultant in the credits.
- Cadillac Miller-Meteor. The base for the Ecto-1 is a vehicle with a complicated history, according to The Drive. The Wayne Corporation and the A.J. Miller Company were originally competitors: one company made buses while the other made hearses and ambulances.
- The Largest Tailfins On A Car. One of the Ecto-1's defining features is the tailfins sported on the back of the vehicle. Plenty of cars feature tailfins but the Cadillac Miller-Meteor features the largest tailfins on any car, according to The Drive.
- Ecto-1 Was Going To Be A Different Car. Fans know the Cadillac Miller-Meteor as the beloved Ecto-1 but it was not what Dan Aykroyd originally intended for the Ghostbusters to drive.
- The Designer Was Not Properly Credited. The Ecto-1 was designed by Stephen Dane who also designed the many iconic gadgets including the Ghostbusters' signature proton pack, the ghost trap, the P.K.E.
Sep 28, 2021 · The Ecto-1 Ghostbusters car began life as an ambulance. In Dan Aykroyd’s original screenplay, the writer specified that the Ectomobile was a converted 1959 ambulance. His vision was of a black car topped with white and purple strobe lights imbuing it with a “purple aura.”.
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Jan 6, 2020 · You can check out the new still from Ghostbusters: Afterlife below, featuring actress McKenna Grace as Phoebe sitting in the passenger seat of the Ecto-1 while wearing a Proton Pack.
Feb 16, 2023 · Ever since the Ecto-1 debuted in the first "Ghostbusters" movie in 1984, it has become one of the most iconic cars in movie history. It's even more impressive to know that it was put together...
