The reference section hasn’t been updated for like.. a few years. In that time I have gain access to probably thousands of images. The LA Firehouse, Screenused Packs, and the Ecto-1. This one is definitely going to be all on me.. but I want to make the Reference Section bigger.
This is going to require a complete re-write of the Reference Section.. but I want to get it done because of the reference YOU guys have. So lets start brain storming how you want the reference section setup. What features do you want? And more importantly.. what do you have to contribute?
One thing I had suggested was adding plans to the reference section, much like plans for the packs and traps. Stuff like the roof rack, sniffer tower, radar dish and arrow, A/C box. Other plans would be placement of the whip antennae, blue hose clamps gray hose clamp, roof rack placement etc… that I have that will be posting soon.
I say for consistency keep it seperate. Put a link under the Ectomobile link like the pack and trap ones. Also, you still need to fix the link that’s currently there for the reference page.
I’m not so sure about putting packs and traps in here. It’s fine if you guys want to but personally I always thought that sort of thing stayed in GBfans under the appropriate places for prop building. ( I am aware that these references you speak of are your own and maybe this would be the interest in keeping them here. )
Merge the two sections? Nah. The forum is a great place for discussion and comment, the Wiki should be the definitive place changed only when there’s a need. For example, the strobe used on the rack is the strobe. There isn’t much room for discussion about it, just list the make and model number and add any new discoveries found. However, on a forum I could talk about how it’s discontinued and offer my input on how to build your own from existing Whelen parts with minimal fabrication. There’s no room for that blather on a wiki but on a forum it’s perfect.
I think you misunderestimated what I said. I’m not talking about putting traps and packs in here, I meant put a link under the main Ecto forum to plans just like for the pack and trap sections. Clear as mud? Good
I did indeed misunderestimate what you said. (LOL)
Looking over the wiki it seems we have two entries for the lightbars and two for the federal siren. Nix one of each.
We need an entry for the Texas Instruments airfield weather box that goes on the rack.
Loren would have more accurate info for the bumper strobes, and as of lately that’s putting it lightly ( lucky SOB )
I can probably do one for the half dome to include the only known supplier of said domes.
We need measurements on each and every rack item ( the rack, the weather antenna rod and dome, the half-dome blase plate with arrow, the guns, the a/c fan box, etc. )
I think I can dig up the supplier of those heat sinks on the front of the rack.
There is no known part make/model for the plumbers tube so it has to be made. We need a section for scratch making those.
Ricky’s the resident oxy tank expert.
Sean’s got a mold for the oxy tanks as well as the weather dome for on top of the antenna arm but I’m not sure if it’s in usable condition for making more copies.
Guns are scratch built so any wiki would pretty much just be a how-to on scratch building. Thiago is probably the most knowledgeable about that.
I could post plenty about the pack racks having made one for myself and one for Sean to pretty much match the studio’s appearance. Actual measurements off of the real Ecto would be good and I think Thiago did that one as well.
I never could ID the computer in the backseat but I found a very similar model at work and donated it to Sean’s car. It’s in there right now.
Bars at the top that connect to the roof rack side are 11 1/2" long, with a triangular piece of steel welding the ladder to these railings 4 1/4" long at the bottom of the triangle.
The ladder attaches to the roof rack via the 11 1/2" long square tubes. These tubes have a 1" wide by about 1 3/4" long plate welded to each end with a bolt that goes through it and the roof rack to attach it.
The bottom of the ladder has a “U” shaped flat bar, bent to fit the inside of the outer tubing. It’s welded onto the ladder 2 1/2" below the 2nd to last step and goes in 1" or so to the body of the car and attaches via two bolts through the sheet metal of the car itself.
I also have a pdf of the fan box, but it doesn’t look like I can attach it I hope this will be enough to get the “plans” section off the ground!
Would anyone like to add the 1959 Cadillac shop manual to the reference section? I have a digital copy, I could also supply the 1960 supplemental manual as soon as I can locate where I put it…
I have both in hard copy. You have it in PDF form?! That would be great. If it’s not located in PDF then I could scan my '60 supplemental. It would take a while but I could do it.
I have the 1959 manual in a series of JPEG files, but I can compile them into a PDF file if wanted. The 1960 supplemental I have a hard copy that I was going to scan much like I did with my 1959. It is somewhere around my apartment here, just haven’t quite found out where yet.
I wish I did. It was one of those measurements I took for granted as being there already. So, is anyone gonna start putting these into CAD or are we going to let this area languish because not a lot of activity is going on here? This needs to be a team effort in establishing this section. MOAR CONTRIBUTION!
I hope this will be enough to get the “plans” section off the ground!