Honestly, I would buy a white 1994 Ford Taurus station wagon, like so:
http://www.carfinder.com/detail.php?sVIN=1FALP57U8RG132299
… and spend the rest of the money on getting custom vinyl stickers made for the sides. Most shops don't really give a crap about copywriting graphics (i.e. those stupid-ass bootleg Calvin weeing on a Ford logo stickers you see on rusting Chevy Blazers, y'know the type). Like so:
http://www.customvinyldecalsnstickers.com/car_truck_stickers_decals.html
All in all, that should run about 3 grand.
How much money would it take to have an Ecto-1?
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17 years, 6 months ago
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17 years, 6 months ago
Your forgetting the most important part.
Once you have your Ecto in perfect shape, you can't drive it.
If some moron side swipes you, you will not be able to get body parts to fix it. From front windshields, to rear quarter panels, parts just are not available.
Having an ecto is having a museum piece. I don't know how anybody could think of driving it when one accident and its over. (;_
Also, how can you have a minibar in your car in your state. You don't have open container laws?
-Alex
Once you have your Ecto in perfect shape, you can't drive it.
If some moron side swipes you, you will not be able to get body parts to fix it. From front windshields, to rear quarter panels, parts just are not available.
Having an ecto is having a museum piece. I don't know how anybody could think of driving it when one accident and its over. (;_
Also, how can you have a minibar in your car in your state. You don't have open container laws?
-Alex
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16 years, 7 months ago
once i saw an completed ecto 1 (real 59 miller meteor!) beeing sold for 15.000 US$!
so i think it could be cheaper that a house!
but i cant say how good the interior was i fust saw one pic from the car in profile-view! but it looked acurate!
so i think it could be cheaper that a house!
but i cant say how good the interior was i fust saw one pic from the car in profile-view! but it looked acurate!
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16 years, 7 months ago
Are you sure about that? I think you may mean $150,000, as The Volo Auto Museum had an Ecto 1 made from a '59 Cadilliac Eureka for sale last year.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/01/ecto1front.jpg
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/01/ecto1front.jpg
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16 years, 7 months ago
Just announced yesterday. Caddilac will be re-releasing the 1959 Caddilac Ambulance with Replica Ecto-1 conversion kits starting around $19.99. Minibar PKE not included.
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16 years, 7 months ago
Good one AJ
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16 years, 7 months ago
We're not even using the correct model of car and we've still spent about $15,000. We got lucky with getting a 72 Pontiac ambulance in very good shape except for missing an engine. The rebuilt 455 engine was most of the expense. Brand new Code 3 lightbars came to $1500. Luckily the car owners parents run their own car restoration shop so the labor has been donated to us from the employees and we've only been paying for the parts and at wholesale. I don't want to think it would have cost us if we had been paying for the labor.