# Ghostbusters Ecto-1a Replica For Sale **URL:** \ **Category:** Ectomobiles\ **Created:** [May 10, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983 "2008-05-10T14:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/188008_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/1 "2008-05-10T14:30:11Z")
Dean N is still selling his car. Just found it on a site for $235,000. [http://www.cacars.com/used-cars/131394.htm](http://www.cacars.com/used-cars/131394.htm) This should give some people the idea of just how expensive these cars can be. ---
**Author:** ![Goosebot](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@Goosebot](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Goosebot)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/2 "2008-05-10T22:22:05Z")
wasnt that one on ebay for $75,000 about a year ago? ---
**Author:** ![Ghostbuster\_BC](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9dc877/32.png) [@Ghostbuster\_BC](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ghostbuster_BC)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/3 "2008-08-25T07:09:02Z")
If anyone is seriously interested, here are a few more pics: [http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/search/DRauSearchDetails.aspx?itemid=444514](http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/search/DRauSearchDetails.aspx?itemid=444514) If I only had the spare change lying around… 😊 ---
**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 25, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/4 "2008-08-25T09:13:09Z")
> [@Goosebot](#): > > wasnt that one on ebay for $75,000 about a year ago? Then $150,000 in 2007. ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/5 "2008-08-25T16:17:26Z")
I think the $75,000 was the opening bid on it that time. Dean’s been adding stuff to it the whole time he’s had it. The LED signs were custom built and the clear light bars where assembled by the same guy who assembled them for the original to match the same weird pattern of orange green red orage red green or however it went. The LED signs cost is alot of the amount increase. ---
**Author:** ![HuntedWumpus](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@HuntedWumpus](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/HuntedWumpus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/6 "2008-09-20T02:30:35Z")
Is this confirmed as the car from GB2? What kind of paperwork would even document that kind of thing? ---
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/188008_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/7 "2008-09-20T02:39:26Z")
Keyword is “Replica.” ---
**Author:** ![ghstbstr4lyfe](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@ghstbstr4lyfe](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghstbstr4lyfe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/8 "2008-09-24T22:45:00Z")
there is no way that car is worth 235,000 no way! its over 45 + years old and is not a classic like the old mustangs and road runners. @ most its worth what 80G’s wow wtf is wrong with people. ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/9 "2008-09-24T23:30:44Z")
Having seen it, sit in it, took lots of pictures of it, and getting a breakdown of what every single part cost and where it came from. It’s strangely believable. After the 150k price tag alot more work was done to it since then. Paul’s USF Ecto is going for 60k if that’s not too unreasonable. ---
**Author:** ![ghstbstr4lyfe](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@ghstbstr4lyfe](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghstbstr4lyfe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/10 "2008-09-24T23:51:21Z")
see that i can see but not 235gs for an ecto 1a nah forget about it ---
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/188008_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/11 "2008-09-25T00:02:59Z")
> [@ghstbstr4lyfe](#): > > see that i can see but not 235gs for an ecto 1a nah forget about it It’s not like everyone is out to buy this car. It is not gonna go to a fan (4 lyfe) but rather a collector.. or perhaps a museum. ---
**Author:** ![ghstbstr4lyfe](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@ghstbstr4lyfe](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghstbstr4lyfe)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/12 "2008-09-25T03:49:55Z")
i doubt anyone will pay that much for it @ most 100 for a museum exhibit. but anyway thats my problem with it. and plus if the car was built to the screen used ecto 1a aka the interior and rear [bumper](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/bumper) it would be worth more and catch the eyes of others. well thats it ive said my 2 cents on it. ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/13 "2008-09-25T05:57:32Z")
A museum has always mainly been the intended buyer. Probably inspired by the old Paul Moser Ecto in the Gatlinburg museum. I believe one of the main reasons for the cost as well is that there aren’t that many 1A replicas out there at all. Some of the differences between the screen used and this replica, like the [bumper](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/bumper), is just because he hated the red diamond plate one. The rims and tires used on the movie car were not rated for the weight it carries. To make this car safe and driveable he had to use beefier rims and used some caddy hubs he tracked down. A couple of roof components are missing like the spinning raydome. Last I saw it he was working on the tall mast and yellow radome with black stripes. I don’t believe the car ever had the jump seats in it and when the car was started many years ago, there was no reference material for the interior. I’m sure this replica is cheaper, which is pretty close to how our teams ecto is going to end up looking like. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/1X/ec057900112e21a3147b2cc422bac00675fbf1c0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/donkey8012/32/187682_2.png) [@donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/donkey8012)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/14 "2008-09-25T12:24:15Z")
So the “replica”, and I use that term loosely, in that pic is for sale? ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/15 "2008-09-25T13:38:00Z")
Not that I know. If I remember right, that pic was a thread about trying to find out if Coke really did give away a 1A replica. Some believe thats the one. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/16 "2008-09-25T19:25:25Z")
> [@Donkey8012](#): > > So the “replica”, and I use that term loosely, in that pic is for sale? ---
**Author:** ![donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/donkey8012/32/187682_2.png) [@donkey8012](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/donkey8012)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/17 "2008-09-25T22:46:29Z")
Yeah, I know that one is for sale. I was talking about the one in the pic by the black “Jail Busters” hearse. ---
**Author:** ![USFEcto1Paul](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@USFEcto1Paul](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/USFEcto1Paul)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/18 "2008-09-27T02:15:36Z")
Hey guys, my first post and I wanted to say that I think the Ecto1A is fairly priced for the work that’s gone into the car. My USF Ecto is currently for sale and I am asking a lot less, but I didn’t have a lot invested in the original purchase so I wanted to make it affordable. Like the Ecto1A, I’ve made a lot of upgrades and the car has a rich history. My car is one of the only three cars that are fully authorized by MGM and Sony as an actual [Ecto-1](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/uncategorized/ecto-1). 🙂 Here is a link to the modification thread and my sales pictures. I’m probably going to put it on ebay to drive traffic to the site and who knows, it might sell. I’m going to set the reserve a lot less than my asking price. Thanks guys, Paul [http://www.theecto1.com/forum/index.php?topic=13.0](http://www.theecto1.com/forum/index.php?topic=13.0) ---
**Author:** ![EctoTrk](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ectotrk/32/5950_2.png) [@EctoTrk](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/EctoTrk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/19 "2008-10-02T15:44:05Z")
Waht a awesome job. I have a picture of me as a kid next to that car when it was at usf. So many things that wer’nt right about it… but what a great job you did. just out of curiosity… how much would the reserve price be? ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983/20 "2008-10-02T17:15:11Z")
Sorry to hear you’re selling the USF Ecto off, Paul… I hope you’re not suffering financial troubles. [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-ecto-1a-replica-for-sale/21983.md?page=2)