does anyone have pics of the ecto cars being built? REAL ectos, not replicas or promotional cars, the REAL SCREEN USED CARS… i'm sure they are out there…

The ECTO-1/1A('s), how many did Sont Inc. really build and where are they now? Well truth be told - its a bit of a conspiracy after many false information exchanges between myself and Barris Kustoms. One fact has been made clear, “hollywood is all smoke and mirrors” and George Barris did Not build Any of the Ectombiles from the films with the exception of the ECTO-1 replica placed in the car stars musem located in Gattlinburg TN. As now from information gathered from the Ghostbusters message board Sony did infact buy the Black Hearse and another Hearse (both Cadillac M&M combos) for the first film. At this point in time i will not go into detail about what happened with the 2 during the filming but i do know that later, during the second film the black hearse that appeared earlier on in Ghostbusters was converted into the ECTO-1A for the filming of Ghostbusters 2. In Universal Studios Florida, belived to be either a Superior or Eureka model Cadillac ambulance was purchaced and converted into another Ectomobile for a paranormal attraction. For additional promotial reasons (or reasons unknown) yet another ECTO-1 was built by Sony and placed in the Cleveland area. This particular ECTO-1 looks like the genuine article, becuase it is. - In a way. The Cleveland ECTO-1 is wearing almost all the authentic ECTO-1 Ectoplasmic gear on it due to the stripping of the ECTO-1 at sony studios, now sitting next to the ECTO-1A Rusting away in the transportation storage lot. Below is a quote from an Email recived from a specialist in the area of film props and this is what he had to say about George Barris:

I must tell you that I had a similar respect for the King of Kustoms, however Mr. Barris attempted some inappropriate legal manuevers against my company which ultimately backfired. What I discovered about Mr.Barris in my quandry was that he takes credit for everyone elses work in Hollywood. Yes he has done some cool cars but because he shouts the loudest people presume that what he says must be fact. I know that he created a copy of “Ecto-1” (Gattlinburg)not “the” Ecto-1“ but due to his long time habits of self promotion, I thing he really believes he was the driving force behind this car as well as ”The Monkeemobile, Black Beauty and assorted others. It's sad in a way, however Hollywood is all about smoke and mirrors.

My conclusion at this point in time is that you can't belive everything you hear, even from a reliable source. A trusted source. Things are almost never as they appear and the famous last words: “Just when you think you know a person…” comes into play like a punch in the face. As I stand now, to my knowlege there are 5 Ectomobiles throughout the United States. The 2 originals from the films are resting in a storage lot of sony studios, Universal Studios Florida is apparently restoring their Ectomobile into a retro of the ECTO-1A, the Car Stars musem Ecto-1 & The ECTO-1 that resides in the Cleveland area. Take note that the only Ectombile out of the above that is still crusing the public roads is the Cleveland area ECTO-1. I thank the members of the GBMB for correcting my false information feeds and leading me in the right direction to the correct answer of “where”, “when” & “who”. Once again, any and all additional information is more than welcome in completing this article.

…and about Pics of the cars are being built? im sure that there out there, but not in any book, film or Rom. but probably a wall of the inside of a studio lot, a customs shop in hollywood or in a small box in the back of someones closet. If they were out there i'd step over my own sister to get at them!lol
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Good Job Back! Starting to update more than once a month..

Ectoman,
I really want to update more than once a month, belive me!!! but i have work, i have a job… im pretty busy sometimes. and in each update instead of 3 updates a month id rather just one big one that'll blow everyone away. it works sometimes, sometimes it doesnt. none the less an update is an update, right bud?lol
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does anybody know a site to where i can find all the special movie cars (e.g. batmobile, ecto 1) and their makers?