I bought a ragged 1960 M&M Ambulance that will one day be an Ecto-1 replica. See how it all started here! CHECK OUT MY GHOSTBUSTERS MOVIE: • The Real Ghostbusters ...
Everybody can relax, I found the car. Needs some suspension work and shocks... and brakes, brake pads, linings, steering box, transmission, rear end, Maybe new rings, also mufflers, a little wiring...."
Fantastic! I just finished my 1961ecto1 to look like the afterlife ecto. Everyone that has seen it has been nothing but positive. Congrats on the great find!
The VOLO Auto Museum in Illinois had an Ecto 1 replica. They did the SAME thing as you guys! They got a 1960 Miller Meteor and grafted on 1959 parts to make it a “59” model! Looking at pics on their website, you cannot tell the difference at all! 🤘😎🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sounds like you and your dad have a great relationship and from someone who never knew his, I say leave the 1st car you guys did and build a new rack for the 59. There's lots of memories in that 1st car that would be a shame to tear it down for parts... just a strangers two cents. Best of luck!
I wouldn't bother with the Ecto-1a. I would focus on the Afterlife Ecto1. And I would relocate the roof rack and light bars to the 1960 caddy. And I would enlarge the Ghostbusters logo on the doors. The ones you have on your current ecto-1 looks to small . I hope you're Franken-Ecto turns out well.
So lovely to see you having a cool relationship with your dad, fixing up an old car together, I really hope I can do that when my dad gets the time to put up his shed where we can hang
They’ve resto-moded the original for the computer game years ago and the new one, G.B .afterlife. So he could make it like the fist and make it more historically correct 👍👍🖖🖖🍺🍺
I live in Michigan's central Upper Penninsula, and back in the early 1980s on the school bus ride there was a 1959 Caddy ambulance tucked in between some spruce trees near some railroad property at the Carlshend Junction. It was so cool, like a spaceship, but somebody hauled it off for scrap by 1984-85. The guy who owns the property now restores heavy-duty Army trucks with his Dad.
Well, my dad had a scrap yard in the 80's. We've got aerial shots of the place, and you can spot at least 10 VW Buses in them. Things that'd be worth tens of thousands of dollars. Hindsight, dude. Probably sold for $25 a piece back then.
I am subscribed! I really hope you put all the work on that car on this channel. I'm getting everyone I know to find you here and watch and subscribe. Even put up some walk around videos, and with some commercials the extra revenue might help get the car rolling. Man! Make one perfect ecto one with everything you have. You are so lucky to have found that car. They a literally almost impossible to find...
In Finland we have company called Kuttilan Autolasi and it makes glass world wide. Last time i was there i notise 3 different 59 GM front glass mold so there should be that one too. In Series 75 Cadys its a same in 59-65. I bet it same those hearses too. Keep up the good work.
Good luck, man - I just got my own Playmobil Ecto-1, and it looks great on my fire-engine red mini-fridge. I don't think I'll get anything bigger, but I love this car!
That's awesome! You found yourself a true Dr. Ray Stantz special there. 'I found the car. Needs new body, windows, interior, suspension, shocks, brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, engine, transmission, front end, rear-end' LOL. Nice to still see people so passionate about these Movies.
If your dad says, don't touch the first one, then yeah don't touch the first one. But if you really need that roofrack, because it doesn't exist anymore, then take it.
I just found your channel and subscribed!! This is awesome that your doing this! I say leave your old car alone, and start over on everything with your new Ecto-1 project. Basically I'm agreeing with your father. 😁 Can't wait for more updates!! This is so cool!
Wow! I wish I had know years ago that it was a 59. I had gone to school to do paint and body work. I found a 59 for $5000 and it had everything original, but it needed a lot of love and care to restore it. I wanted it so bad to do the same thing, but it was one of those side show Bob car dealers that wouldn't take payments. His lost out, because I would have paid double in interest. Almost 25 years later I'm still painting and doing bodywork. I'd love to see where this goes. Just a hint I've not listened to my father on an occasion or two, and it always bit me in the end. I say leave it, but never hurts to ask again, especially if those parts are hard to get. Good Luck✌
hey we both named our cars the same thing lol. i remember a month or so ago, someone on the pro car groups saw this car and posted it, i didnt know if anyone was gonna actually build it or not. welcome to the club brother, im subscribing
I would have been thrilled and over the moon ecstatic if my dad built me an Ecto 1 no matter what year it was, lol. Could have been made out of a Tonka monster truck for all I care...as long as it was a driveable Ecto lol
Ghostbusters 1 the black M&M Dan Aykroyd pulls up in at one time was in Decatur Illinois. If you do your research the black car was a fire chief car. Under the black primer in the movie you can see red paint coming through. I have no idea where the car is now I should have bought it for 2500 when I had the chance.
You know, you could graft the 1960 Caddy's quarter panels onto the 1964 ambulance, making them taller with some sectioning at the chrome belt line. Those fins would make the '64 look so Rat Fink Kool!
Yes.......great idea. Go with it. I think making one more accurate car now you have what you want. Make this next one right. Good luck, i can't wait to watch the build.🙋♂️
Watch the fan movie documentary "Ghost Heads" A lot of fans can't find antique Cadillacs, so they'll get some other make. Some folks have used Subaru Station Wagons as their ECTO-1 starting points. So if you're determined, any wagon can work.
Definitely go all out. Not many fans can claim they have a Ecto 1 and it actually be somewhat close. Do the afterlife and then once you get it complete turn it back into the regular Ecto 1. (Sidenote) I feel that the Ecto should never be a rust bucket. it's been saved at least three times, Once in the movie(Gb 2) and twice in real life so I'm not particularly a fan of the Afterlife barn find look. I know it's part of the movie but I always felt that the car would be with Ray or Winston.
I don't like the afterlife Ecto either, it looks like the next step up from a paddock bomb to me! It also doesn't look very presentable for promoting the movies, or car shows. Honestly it also reminds me of young guys here in Australia who daily drive rusty and dirty looking vintage Toyota Land Cruisers
Deano Down Under , G'Day mate what a wonderful spot to be stuck in even if its taken you over ten years to get there , but you know what ,you & your dad are living the dream. I reckon only you will know what to truly do , after seeing your youtube for the first time look how your first car has been eating you up , mate just have a good old crack at it and have fun .I too have been searching for a long time and have missed chances but I have my eye on a 1959 ford customline ambulance witch I reckon will also start my kick off dream too ,cant wait to see more of your tubing and send some pictures keep moving forward talk soon GB downer under.
Hi buddy, good luck with your project write at the beginning is that a blue Karmann ghia? Are you planning on doing a project with it? Hope so, would love to see a video of that little car 😃
I would move the rack and lights over (also remove the alley lights in the bar) and make an as accurate Afterlife Ecto you can. Finding all light XLs are easy bars to find, but good luck finding the green filters. But I'd make the current Ecto a non screen accurate 1A using any bar or color combo you can find
I found enough green filters for the front bar on the 1A. I made one for the back. I'm going to make and post a video about them at some point. I need a control box for my Edge 9000 before I'm ready to film them.
Good luck with your build. I bought a 1959 Miller-Meteor Hearse 2 years ago. Thankfully I tracked down all the window trim, jump seats, etc., so 'm moving full steam ahead. It is a real work in progress right now. Can't wait to see how your build comes along. My buddy is the one that bought the $45,000 one from ebay. He is turning his into the Ecto-1A.
I've been collecting stuff since I made this video. I've got one of the bars for Wreckto, but I've been mainly focusing on getting the 1A together. If you're able to go to flea markets and/or auto swap meets, that's where you'll find that bar - and for a decent price. Everything online is ridiculously inflated because everybody knows it's Ecto-related now.
It looks like your 1959 Cadillac is a four-door. 1959 hearse and ambulance quarter panels are Coupe DeVille quarter panels. The fins are different on Coupe DeVilles and Sedan Devilles. You need to get quarter panels from a 1959 Cadillac two-door.
Is it possible to remake some of the parts that are on the body in fiber glass, sort or like with boats? All that is needed is the measurements and a good looking replica model to follow the designs. If they could be applied to the body to fill in some of the missing physical components it could be cheaper, wouldn't it? I know some cars have been refurbished this way and the work is so good one can't tell if it is the actual thing, till obviously it is inspected.
The 1959 Cadillac fins were the absolute height (or depth) of ‘50s American car styling. They were so excessive that they were heartily criticized at the time, which is why they were immediately reduced in size for 1960. Thus they are rare, being in production for only one year.
I really hope you decide to update that car mechanically, make it run and drive like something more modern so you don't have any reliability issues. But regardless, really looking forward to seeing how this'll turn out!
