$4,800 in 1984, not including all the repair work necessary to make it useable day-to-day, a figure Venkman balked at. And that’s not including the customisation work.
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A joke that’s perhaps been lost to inflation unfortunately. Some people today maybe wouldn’t understand that Ray, in his child-like Enthusiam, vastly overpaid for a lemon. It’s adorable and I love that.
Ray thinks “4.800 AND I get to fix up the car? What a sucker!”
KP, the Ghostbusters are notoriously bad with money (at least Ray is, at any rate). That’s why there are two arcade cabinets and a pinball machine in the background when they’re talking about being out of petty cash.
Ray over paid for the Ecto just because he wanted it, just as he bought the firehouse simply because he wanted it. That doesn’t determine the Ecto’s market value, it just establishes that Ray makes poor, impulsive, decisions.
But it’s really not worth going back and forth over. I chimed in because the ladder is on the wrong side of the car (and at a glance the sniffer box looked too big) and I’m just tired of the Ectomobiles being treated like an afterthought.
I can accept the E1 becoming the 1A but not vice versa.
While I’ve always been of the school of thought that the Ecto-1 and 1A are the same vehicle, it’s possible that they acquired a second ‘59 MM in the early 90s and installed the old roof rack on it in order to have two serviceable Ectomobiles.
There’s even a line in the GB1 novelization by Richard Mueller in which Venkman is considering finding a second ambulance in order to keep up with their workload.
There is plenty of speculation and theories we can fling out there. If it is the 1A or the 1 or if it was the 1a downgraded back to more of the 1. All I know is I am more than happy to see the ol’ girl back on the streets hunting for ghosts.
Adjusted for inflation, Ray paid roughly $10,000USD for Ecto in its beat up state, not including the work that needed to be done. I find it amazing what they were willing to pay for and what they weren’t. since ecto cost so much for the initial investment, plus everything else that went into it to pinball and arcade machines, yet they were only willing to pay poor Winston $11,500 a year…
You’d also have to adjust Winston’s salary for inflation though, which would be $28,350.77 in 2019 money. So he is still paid yearly more than twice what was spent on the car.
Alex
Still below poverty line
I’m a stickler for detail but if I’m honest GB2 , entertaining as it was, flopped for a reason.
Changing the logo to a 2, the kid friendliness, no innovation, etc.
I say just use the Ecto-1, or by the end of the movie the Ecto-1c probably with minor subtle differences, just let it be.
Where the ladder is supposed to be or the logo sizes, etc. really make next to no difference to a movie.
I think they should go the way of GBTVG; acknowledge GB2 briefly, but don’t dwell on it.
Treat GB2 like a less significant subset of GB1984. The same way most fans treat it if I’m honest.
I still can’t believe we are getting a proper GB 1984 sequel.
We (and I) have been waiting 36 years.
Well this got deep…and no one’s been around long enough to laugh at the “IT THE CAR” reference…
While we’re at it, the car in the vid/pic hasn’t had it’s windows tinted w/ the non tinted stripe in the middle either.
[quote=slaysghosts post_id=4922476 time=1565752487 user_id=9116]While we’re at it, the car in the vid/pic hasn’t had it’s windows tinted w/ the non tinted stripe in the middle either.
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The window tinting is there, it’s just meant to look dry-rotted and peeling off; definitely a nice touch to show the wear and tear on the car. 
This prop really is a work of art in replication and weathering.
Do we know where this particular MM came from?
I’m afraid the info we know is limited. A “professional Cadillac owner” was in contact part of the movie’s production, and eventually agreed to sell his 1959 Miller Meteor (for an inflated price by his own admission), knowing it would be converted into a replica of Ecto-1.
It’s possibly it had been listed for sale at some point, which is how Jason and the film’s production came across it.
That answers quite a lot; I was fairly certain that they wouldn’t have distressed the hero car from GB1, but wasn’t sure about 1A. Depending on what happens with this film, it’s certainly possible that 1A will be pressed back into service as a duplicate for future projects. I’m not sure how I feel about that, but it makes sense from the studio’s perspective.
Lol - for a second, i thought that could 've been… but - no 
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I just recently came across this video - - ( https://youtu.be/vXzun79XaGQ?t=676 ) - - from the 2019 Fan-Fest, where somebody (TheDailyWoo) happened to meet videobob, who bragged about he’s gonna meet ivan reitman now and his “…two ecto’s, a 1960 and a 59s that we’re building right now, getting ready for Ghostbusters 3 ..” :?:
Well, but - ehm… no; it’s still more likely he’s pointing out to get them ready, to be prepared for another expectedly upcoming weave of GB-interest and/or events that come up in the following of the 2020-movie, since… if he actually was in any way involved in the development of GB3, i doubt he would have to go to the fan-fest to meet up with ivan … plus the timing (the should already have the car ready to go at that point i guess) does not really match either.