- December 30th, 2009, 5:25 pm#194778
This topic was created to discuss the "Ectomobile Lightbars" page located here:
http://www.gbfans.com/equipment/ectomobile/lightbars/
http://www.gbfans.com/equipment/ectomobile/lightbars/
cincypd wrote:That is definitely not the lightbar that came the ecto 1 in the movie. The lightbar on the promo car is most definitely the right width and has the correct mounting brackets however the rotators inside the lenses are different than the ones in the ecto 1 from the movie. The rotators on the promo car are what they call sealed beams and not halogen bulbs. Definitely a beautiful car but the question still remains, what happend to the lightbar from the original car....I've been cruising around the forums looking at lightbar threads since I just saw a pic of the new Elite diecast model that incorrectly replicated the "new" lightbar post refurbishment.
cincypd wrote:I can't believe they'd sell them for scrap. I emailed the people who restored ecto 1 and they were suppose to restore ecto 1a also but sony pulled the plug on that. They apparently decided they didn't want to spend the money to restore both cars. The guys restoring ecto 1 said they tried to buy ecto 1a from sony but sony refused to sell it, does anyone know where it is now or what the future plans are for it?You worry too much
Stayinpuft you are not alone wondering what actually happend to the front lightbar on ecto 1.... to some people it's not a big deal but i'm a curious person and i'm still left with no explanation as to what happend to it. There is a photo floating around of ecto 1 and ecto 1a parked next to each other in a building and ecto 1a looks brand new in the photo. ecto 1 doesn't have the front lightbar in that photo so it must have been removed shortly after filming ghostbusters 2. Talking about Force 4 and Code 3.... It is my understanding that Code 3 bought out Force 4 and so on the older XL lenses the sticker says Force 4 and If you bought new lenses today they would say Code 3. I did not notice a difference with the red light on the roof rack... I will have to check that out!
stayinpuft wrote: Also notice how they replaced the "Propello Ray" red light on the roof rack with a different model?No, just no. The red lens was either removed or broken when they did a quick refurbishment for the back lot tour. Also, Code 3 XL and Force 4 XLs are the same, so let's finally put this to rest...the old 48" bar is long gone, nowhere to be found and the new 54" replacement isn't too long and has different rotators.
cincypd wrote:I can't believe they'd sell them for scrap. I emailed the people who restored ecto 1 and they were suppose to restore ecto 1a also but sony pulled the plug on that. They apparently decided they didn't want to spend the money to restore both cars. The guys restoring ecto 1 said they tried to buy ecto 1a from sony but sony refused to sell it, does anyone know where it is now or what the future plans are for it?I don't know about that... I always thought that Force 4 was just a model of lightbar made by the company Code 3. The reason I think the Code 3 XL came before is because the Force 4 was a new model and they wanted to differentiate products.
Stayinpuft you are not alone wondering what actually happend to the front lightbar on ecto 1.... to some people it's not a big deal but i'm a curious person and i'm still left with no explanation as to what happend to it. There is a photo floating around of ecto 1 and ecto 1a parked next to each other in a building and ecto 1a looks brand new in the photo. ecto 1 doesn't have the front lightbar in that photo so it must have been removed shortly after filming ghostbusters 2. Talking about Force 4 and Code 3.... It is my understanding that Code 3 bought out Force 4 and so on the older XL lenses the sticker says Force 4 and If you bought new lenses today they would say Code 3. I did not notice a difference with the red light on the roof rack... I will have to check that out!
cincypd wrote:Hey, if you don't mind could you email me photos of your replica car you've built? I'd really like to see it! cincypd@hotmail.com Thanks for your time!All you had to do was search his posts to find these threads on the car...
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