- January 19th, 2022, 12:47 am#4965635
I’m well aware of many of the mistakes and errors made during the 2009 restoration of the original Ghostbusters Ectomobile, but I’ve never been able to find a single thread documenting all the errors, as the information is scattered across many years and websites. I know I’m repeating some and forgetting other, but I figured I might as well present the most obvious ones to get the ball rolling.
One of the most irritating overlooked details was the incorrect front light bar and mourning bracket on the Ectomobile:
This is very clearly not the lightbar or bracket that was originally on the Ectomobile in 1983 and 1984:
Another mess-up on the restoration “effort” was the painting of the siren (and other originally chrome parts) with silver spray paint:
Also missing from the sub-par job is the lens for the spinning red beacon:
In the same image is the “Sniffer”, which definitely featured a grey box back in 1983 and 1984:
I believe the logo was also changed some:
How the decal appeared in 1983 and 1984:
Lastly, Sony being Sony, decided to have the restoration team hack up the interior and add some garish speaker and video systems:
It’s unlikely these issues (as well as the barely-running engine, which I’ll admit, has historically not been a strong suit of the Ectomobile) will ever be addressed, let alone by people as passionate about the vehicle as on this forum.
One of the most irritating overlooked details was the incorrect front light bar and mourning bracket on the Ectomobile:
This is very clearly not the lightbar or bracket that was originally on the Ectomobile in 1983 and 1984:
Another mess-up on the restoration “effort” was the painting of the siren (and other originally chrome parts) with silver spray paint:
Also missing from the sub-par job is the lens for the spinning red beacon:
In the same image is the “Sniffer”, which definitely featured a grey box back in 1983 and 1984:
I believe the logo was also changed some:
How the decal appeared in 1983 and 1984:
Lastly, Sony being Sony, decided to have the restoration team hack up the interior and add some garish speaker and video systems:
It’s unlikely these issues (as well as the barely-running engine, which I’ll admit, has historically not been a strong suit of the Ectomobile) will ever be addressed, let alone by people as passionate about the vehicle as on this forum.
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