This vintage Cadillac was how the Ghostbusters scooted around NYC with its signature whining siren. Ecto 1 was a run-down, busted, old Cadillac ambulance that the original crew turned into the ectomobile. As Car and Driver notes, the Ghostbusters’ ride is the 1959 Cadillac Futura Duplex with an ambulance/hearse conversion from the first Ghostbusters film. Well, something is better than nothing, I suppose.Īfter seeing the second trailer for Afterlife, many like-minded car nerds will be plumb chuffed to see the triumphant return of our favorite vintage Cadillac, Ecto 1. Now we’re over a year out from the original release date, and all we got is a second official trailer. Instead of good times with ghosts, we got COVID. We were supposed to have already seen (and loved) the newest Ghostbusters film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife. A view at an ‘Ecto-1’ replica vehicle | Marc Piasecki/Getty Images The Ecto 1 might be the best part of Ghostbusters Thankfully, the vintage Cadillac is making a comeback for the next installment of the iconic film series Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The coolest among these artifacts has got to be the crowned Prince of movie cars, the 1959 Cadillac Futura Duplex with an ambulance/hearse conversion known as Ecto 1. As with most iconic pop culture phenomena, Ghostbusters brought along with it the relics of the film as icons, too. For whatever reason, the classic 80s comedy has buried itself into our collective consciousness. Ghostbusters is one of the all-time great cultural touchpoints that has risen to heights that outreach its quality.
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