- November 7th, 2013, 5:06 pm#466947
As many of you know, several of the exterior labels on the Ecto-1A are either badly faded or missing entirely. My goal is to create a set of labels for the community that can be used for replica Ectomobiles, model kits, or even a possible community-driven restoration of the screen-used car.
For more information on the Ecto-1A in its current condition, please take a look at this page: http://ecto-1a.gbfans.com/
The first thing is to determine is what labels have been on the car. I've been going through the handful of images that are publicly available:
Green Box
Both the left and right sides of the green box have a "WARNING - THREAD SAFETY CHAIN..." label (as seen on the Sniffer tubes on the Ecto-1). There is also one of these labels on the Sonobuoy.
The badly faded black and white label on the front of the green box appears to be similar to the label on the console behind the driver/passenger seats inside the cabin.
This is the best photo that I've found of this label, so recreating it might be tough. If only there were a higher-resolution version of this image available...
Sonobuoy
The Sonobuoy had two triangular electric shock labels during the original filming in 1988. These labels have been missing for many years. Also note the labels on the yellow side tanks - these are also long gone.
Red Side Tube
This label appears on the red tube on the passenger side.
White Central Box
There is a "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE 10,000 V.D.C. ..." label on the driver side.
There's another triangular electric shock hazard label on the front passenger side of the box. Note the "FREON DO NOT FILL..." label on the tank/device directly in front of the white box.
The other side of this device has green label looks like it might read "GFP 3 211142". It also looks like there's n "He" or Ho" on this piece.
Rear Tank
The rear section of the tank has a cut-down version of the computer monitor label (see below), as well as a small faded label above it.
The topmost label on both the left and right sides appears to be the same as the one on the front of the green box and the control panel behind the driver/passenger seats. The Radome might also have the same label.
This label appears on both the left and right sides of the rear tank.
I found a few images via Google showing the car when it appeared at different Hardee's around the country for the promotion of GB2. I take no credit for any of these photos.
The side tanks, which are now faded white, look like they might have been yellow (similar to the Ecto-1). The tank labels look like they might be red.
The white label on the far left end of the red tank is illegible to this day. Don't forget the screen-accurate "Hardee's" logo on the passenger-side door.
I'm going to start by redrawing the "WARNING - THREAD SAFETY CHAIN..." label. Any further discussion would be greatly appreciated, particularly if there are some details that aren't easy to see, or if I've given misinformation of any kind in this thread.
For more information on the Ecto-1A in its current condition, please take a look at this page: http://ecto-1a.gbfans.com/
The first thing is to determine is what labels have been on the car. I've been going through the handful of images that are publicly available:
Green Box
Both the left and right sides of the green box have a "WARNING - THREAD SAFETY CHAIN..." label (as seen on the Sniffer tubes on the Ecto-1). There is also one of these labels on the Sonobuoy.
The badly faded black and white label on the front of the green box appears to be similar to the label on the console behind the driver/passenger seats inside the cabin.
This is the best photo that I've found of this label, so recreating it might be tough. If only there were a higher-resolution version of this image available...
Sonobuoy
The Sonobuoy had two triangular electric shock labels during the original filming in 1988. These labels have been missing for many years. Also note the labels on the yellow side tanks - these are also long gone.
Red Side Tube
This label appears on the red tube on the passenger side.
White Central Box
There is a "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE 10,000 V.D.C. ..." label on the driver side.
There's another triangular electric shock hazard label on the front passenger side of the box. Note the "FREON DO NOT FILL..." label on the tank/device directly in front of the white box.
The other side of this device has green label looks like it might read "GFP 3 211142". It also looks like there's n "He" or Ho" on this piece.
Rear Tank
The rear section of the tank has a cut-down version of the computer monitor label (see below), as well as a small faded label above it.
The topmost label on both the left and right sides appears to be the same as the one on the front of the green box and the control panel behind the driver/passenger seats. The Radome might also have the same label.
This label appears on both the left and right sides of the rear tank.
I found a few images via Google showing the car when it appeared at different Hardee's around the country for the promotion of GB2. I take no credit for any of these photos.
The side tanks, which are now faded white, look like they might have been yellow (similar to the Ecto-1). The tank labels look like they might be red.
The white label on the far left end of the red tank is illegible to this day. Don't forget the screen-accurate "Hardee's" logo on the passenger-side door.
I'm going to start by redrawing the "WARNING - THREAD SAFETY CHAIN..." label. Any further discussion would be greatly appreciated, particularly if there are some details that aren't easy to see, or if I've given misinformation of any kind in this thread.