# ECTO-19 Demolition Derby Car (aftermath picks added) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ectomobiles\ **Created:** [August 11, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038 "2011-08-11T02:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ecto_skywalker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/1 "2011-08-11T02:14:54Z")
Here’s this year’s demolition derby car… It was headed for the crusher when a friend of mine hit me up and asked if I wanted a demo derby car. At first sight, I thought “there is no way we can destroy this thing!” But upon closer inspection, the thing was/is so rusted-out, there was no way to save it. In fact, I’m a little concerned that the amount of rust it has may have compromised some of it’s strength; we’ll see this Saturday night… Anyway, I’d like to say this is the last derby car we’re going to build, but I already said that after the last one. lol So, I guess there could be future ECTO-19’s down the road- who knows? [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/8/e/8ede157cc0700b26340c635746746d3d0a0d73ed.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030488557/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030488557/) Here are a few more random pictures during the build and some after the completion (the old guy is my dad! lol ) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/b/5/b5455b5c09a5731ae2a252b01f9073470844baba.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030528871/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030528871/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/8/1/813bfdbc84307232a9bd346fda68f76ebc8c7d79.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031086072/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031086072/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/5/4/54e4f75f790521cb5b20b0ff8153ee7b7e0734ff.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031086386/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031086386/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/6/7615633962770347a10adee2319e9520d127c206.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030529863/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030529863/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/a/a/aa2549ab4ca371cdfb398d9b34b89da0e98b1880.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031088550/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031088550/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/b/b/bb1706dd2b8a0d8b9f96d40618f3e0b82c8c3268.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031104438/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6031104438/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/8/d/8d2ea2bc3567a7aecbc252b00f14e0a66de5c70a.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030548113/) [Untitled](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030548113/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/d/ed9b000117e6a2042c349ce620ba882cb569546b.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030583533/) [101\_3287](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6030583533/) ---
**Author:** ![Judhudson](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/judhudson/32/3997_2.png) [@Judhudson](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Judhudson)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/2 "2011-08-11T02:30:01Z")
Have to say, this is pretty awesome ---
**Author:** ![Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chace/32/156_2.png) [@Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Chace)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/3 "2011-08-11T03:37:26Z")
Bitchin! PLEASE post video of its performance in the derby! ---
**Author:** ![Boomerjinks](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/boomerjinks/32/128_2.png) [@Boomerjinks](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Boomerjinks)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/4 "2011-08-11T06:30:35Z")
I love you. I love everything you do. I look forward to these every year. These are the best things ever. ---
**Author:** ![XxEctOxX](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@XxEctOxX](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/XxEctOxX)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/5 "2011-08-11T06:56:36Z")
hahaha this is great ---
**Author:** ![spiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@spiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/6 "2011-08-12T03:44:43Z")
Oh _PLEASE_ have video of this thing in action! ---
**Author:** ![ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ecto_skywalker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/7 "2011-08-12T17:14:20Z")
Thanks everybody! 🙂 I’m starting to get excited, really anxious to see how this thing holds up! Yes, I will definitely get some “after” pictures and video posted after this weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Macintyre](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kevin_macintyre/32/5853_2.png) [@Kevin\_Macintyre](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Kevin_Macintyre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/8 "2011-08-12T17:17:59Z")
fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![SnakeChips](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/snakechips/32/6196_2.png) [@SnakeChips](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/SnakeChips)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/9 "2011-08-12T17:23:59Z")
EPIC ---
**Author:** ![mrimagination](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mrimagination](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrimagination)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/10 "2011-08-12T17:25:45Z")
pretty frickin’ cool.. I would totally love to see video of the derby. ---
**Author:** ![Azgbfan](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Azgbfan](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Azgbfan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/11 "2011-08-12T19:28:53Z")
I want it! ---
**Author:** ![makuta](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/makuta/32/17122_2.png) [@makuta](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/makuta)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/12 "2011-08-12T20:09:23Z")
so what you are saying is that it needs some suspension work and shocks. Brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear-end. Also new rings, mufflers, a little wiring. I love the car, also glad to see a logo from my local comic book shop on the car. Ghostbusters & ComicsFTW…FTW ---
**Author:** ![ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ecto_skywalker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/13 "2011-08-20T17:47:20Z")
Sorry for the delay… I went back to work Monday after being off all summer, so needless to say I’ve been doing some sleeping and am just now getting to go through some pictures from last weekend… The night went okay. We won the best appearing car award, finished 2nd in the heat and 5th in the main event. But the coolest part, when I got up the next morning their was a big picture of our car on the front page of the local news paper! 😃 The car still runs great! Definitely needs a lot of work, but I think we can fix it and use it again next year (obviously it will never be as pretty as it once was :lol: ) Here are some pics of the event and the aftermath (for some reason I don’t have any from the main event though :-x ). I’m waiting to get a video back from one of my sponsors (Bear Republic Brewing Co.), they had mounted a camera to the roof of the car. So, when ever I get that back from them, I’m going to edit that together with the video that my sister took and another one that my friend made and I will share it with you guys! 🙂 This is when they were judging the best appearing car. [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/3/2/32bb7895ad541a695cf482075fb844fe2ed968cb.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062631980/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062631980/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062631980/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/4/a/4aff59638a9bf81e462bf2d137d1821d4bc8aa56.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062082427/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062082427/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062082427/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/e/7e8536eeb8933b702c061a3e7204ef6cacbecf43.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062631672/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062631672/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062631672/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/c/7c9d0ea41a9ccba8d53f95429d61d71a0c7690dd.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062082075/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062082075/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062082075/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/8/9/893640e2b8105d527d82e407edebbbf4f573da08.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062633724/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062633724/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062633724/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/f/2ff08e6985f186db9184946cfeee62836a84d271.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062086357/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062086357/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062086357/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/e/eed36e835f1c736c0ef862e38238e300c3c846bd.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062637042/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062637042/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062637042/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/9/1/913d5b7931ba838273ed8ed26cee788811dd5035.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062089433/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062089433/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062089433/) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/b/e/beb20aaa3f050dd5900cc6e56f7d7e05b47721a0.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062091169/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062091169/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062091169/) Here’s how close the radiator got to the water pump pulley :lol: [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/9/2/92cdc5a13012d4376e83708775055b3733d1351a.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062709632/) And of course had to show some love to [GBFans.com](http://GBFans.com) (the one on the back of the car didn’t fair so well!) [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/1/f/1fb6bb26f95db30418dbcb495a802c6cd42a11b1.jpeg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062759546/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062759546/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/66224074@N03/6062759546/) ---
**Author:** ![XxEctOxX](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@XxEctOxX](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/XxEctOxX)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/14 "2011-08-22T09:09:50Z")
YESSSSSSSSS!!! i mean NOOOOOOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Boomerjinks](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/boomerjinks/32/128_2.png) [@Boomerjinks](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Boomerjinks)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/15 "2011-08-22T17:46:57Z")
So freaking cool. How awesome would it be if all the DemoEctos you built got piled up in the same corner of a junkyard. ECTO GRAVEYARD ---
**Author:** ![demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/demon-vice-commander/32/186000_2.png) [@demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/demon-vice-commander)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/16 "2011-08-22T17:58:45Z")
This is very cool; can’t wait to see the roof-top video! Any significance to the number 19? After all, it’s the number of destiny in Stephen King’s _Dark Tower_ books… ---
**Author:** ![Carpeteria](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/carpeteria/32/4011_2.png) [@Carpeteria](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Carpeteria)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/17 "2011-08-23T00:35:33Z")
So great - it looks like one of the [Kenner](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/kenner-10410) toys come to life. ---
**Author:** ![spiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@spiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/18 "2011-08-28T20:34:18Z")
Still awesome, even after being wrecked. Can’t wait for that roof video and a sequel 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ecto_skywalker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/19 "2011-09-01T17:11:04Z")
Thanks for all the positive feedback guys… I haven’t been able to get a copy the roof top video yet (I haven’t even seen it) I’m a little concerned maybe it didn’t turn out very well. It was shot with one of those Gopro Hero cameras, does anyone know anything about those?.. Anyway, If I havent gotten it by tomorrow, maybe this weekend I’ll just put something together with what I already have 🙂 > [@Boomerjinks](#): > > So freaking cool. How awesome would it be if all the DemoEctos you built got piled up in the same corner of a junkyard. > > ECTO GRAVEYARD Yes!!! That would be awesome! I actually cut the GB2 logo out of the hood on on the last car and saved that. I wish I would have saved something like that from the first car too… I will, for sure, save something off of this one too! > [@Carpeteria](#): > > So great - it looks like one of the Kenner toys come to life. That’s exactly what I was thinking! 🙂 > [@Demon Vice Commander](#): > > Any significance to the number 19? After all, it’s the number of destiny in Stephen King’s _Dark Tower_ books… That’s pretty cool! I didn’t know that… 9 was always my number when I played little league as a kid (Bill Elliott was my favorite race car driver and he was #9 at the time). I started racing stock cars locally when I got out of high school and tried to get 9 again, but it was already taken. So I took 19 and had a lot of success with it, so I’ve kept using it ever since. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![makuta](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/makuta/32/17122_2.png) [@makuta](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/makuta)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ecto-19-demolition-derby-car-aftermath-picks-added/39038/20 "2012-05-06T00:57:07Z")
got to see the car today at my local comic book shop for free comic day, was fun meeting a fellow GBfans member in my area