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This is the Ecto-1, the personal transport vehicle of the Ghostbusters. Bought by Dr. Ray Stantz (played by Dan Aykroyd) for $4,800, the Ecto-1 was pretty worse for wear initially and required a plethora of repairs; in Stantz's own words, it needed "suspension work and shocks, brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear end... maybe new rings, also mufflers, a little wiring...". After its reconstruction the vehicle is used to carry the Ghostbusters and their equipment throughout New York City. Features include a pull-out rack holding the Ghostbusters's proton packs as well as various gadgets on the top; these gadgets are said to have been "miniaturized ghostbusting technology" developed by Dr. Egon Spengler (played by the late Harold Ramis).
The vehicle used to portray the Ecto-1 was a 1959 Cadillac Professional chassis built by Miller-Meteor. It is a limousine-style endloader ambulance conversion envisioned by Aykroyd and Ramis, with the original vehicle design credited to the late Stephen Dane. Dane, credited as a "Hardware Consultant", drew up fully-detailed plans and elevations of the Ecto-1's interior and exterior, including roof racks and gadgets. The vehicle was originally intended to be painted black and have some strange extranormal powers; this was vetoed as the movie was shot at night, hence making it difficult to see. Only one Ecto-1 was used in the filming of the movie.
Now this casting was designed by Manson Cheung and introduced in 2010 as a New Model. This casting has seen twelve known releases, the last in 2020 in the Premium line. This casting has most often been seen in its movie-accurate colors but other tampos have been applied to it as well.
