The Ectomobile.

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This vehicle was used to carry the team's ghost-capturing equipment, as well as transporting the Ghostbusters around New York City. It has a very distinctive siren wail. Its features include a special pull out rack in the rear containing the staff's proton packs which facilitates a quick suiting up without having to reach into the vehicle's rear. There are also various gadgets mounted on the top, but their function is never revealed in the movies. Fans speculate that the equipment includes heavy-duty anti-ghost weaponry and defenses. According to "Making Ghostbusters", the book describes a deleted scene where a police officer places a ticket on the Ectomobile only to have it instantly flare up into a pile of ashes. Earlier versions of scripts written by Dan Aykroyd for the first Ghostbusters also included mentions of the Ectomobile having the powers of interdimensional travel. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Proton Pack is a fictional piece of nuclear accelerative machinery created by the Ghostbusters and serves as their primary tool in the 1984 film of the same name for the purpose of busting ghosts. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter and musician. ... :For other senses of this word, see dimension (disambiguation). ...

The license plate.

This vehicle is also known as "ECTO-1" (because of its custom ECTO-1 licence plate shown in the original movie), which was the name used on The Real Ghostbusters, the animated show based on the movie. Image File history File links ECTO-1. ... Image File history File links ECTO-1. ... The Real Ghostbusters was an American animated television series based on the hit 1984 film Ghostbusters. ...

A miniature replica of the vehicle was mass-produced as a childrens' toy. The toy version of this vehicle has sold approx. 1,000,000+ units worldwide.

Other Ectomobiles

Throughout other Ghostbusters fiction, a number of other Ectomobiles where introduced.

• Ecto-1a : An upgraded version of the Ecto-1, seen only in Ghostbusters II, which included more technical equipment placed on the roof of the chassis. Most noticeably this upgrade included digital announcement boards on each side of the vehicles roof, broadcasting Ghostbuster advertisements, specials, and their phone-number. Also the logo was updated on the doors and back entrance of the ambulance
• Ecto-2 : A small open-topped one-man helicopter seen in the cartoons and the comic based on them as well as a toy. The toy's stern end had a pistol-type grip and trigger to let a child playing with it hold it in the air and make its rotor spin; this grip and trigger are copied in the comic despite the resulting aerodynamic unnaturalness.
• Ecto-3 : There have been 3 vehicles with this name:-
  • a motorized unicycle and sidecar that slips into Ecto-1's rear fender in one episode of the cartoons.
  • a time-distortion jet-like vehicle invented by Egon in the comics. This vehicle was renamed the Ecto-4 after the cartoon's unicycle version debuted.
  • a go-kart-like vehicle seen as a toy.
• 'Ecto-1b' (Referred to in the case by some fans) : Officially referred to as 'Ecto-1', this vehicle is a slightly different variant on car from The Real Ghostbusters as seen on the Extreme Ghostbusters TV series. The vehicle is equipped with a more 'modern' selection of detection equipment and emergency lights.

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Trivia

• Originally the filmmakers planned to have the Ecto-1 be painted black. The color of the vehicle was later changed to white when it was decided a black car would be too difficult to see during night scenes.
• The Ectomobile was originally going to be a much more high tech vehicle, with an almost artificial intelligence.
• Three cars have played the vehicle in the movies, the third 1959 Miller-Meteor was purchased after the second died during shooting of Ghostbusters II. The black Miller-Meteor seen at the beginning of the first movie was leased and used only for that scene and never converted. Later this car was purchased by the studio and completely converted to a full Ecto-1 for touring. It now resides in a car museum in Volo, Illinois, and is for sale (see below).
• Ecto-1A was originally scripted as Ecto-2, and one reference to this remains in the movie. When Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman is standing outside of his apartment and the car pulls up, you can just make out the words Ecto-2 on the license plate.
• Both Ectomobiles are currently sitting in a Sony pictures studios backlot in a rapidly deteriorating condition, the Ecto 1a having served as an attraction at the Universal studios "Spooktackular" stage show.
• Currently the Ecto 1 is held for sale at about $150,000[1]

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External links

• Ghostbusters Prop Archive
• Ectomobiles
• Famous movie cars
• Fan-made Ectomobile replicas