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Rumor has it only 25 units of the original Miller-Meteor Futura were ever built, and Sony got two of those to be used in the movie and added a third one as a show car for promotional reasons … that’s about 10% of the entire production already spoken for. Owners should make sure they’re insured for the correct sum, or they could be in for a nasty fright.” Despite its place in pop culture, few film fans will be aware of the values of an Ectomobile the real-deal could be worth up to half a million dollars, and even replica examples are valuable. Ghostbusters made it one of the most famous movie cars ever to emerge from a props department. Hagerty Editor, James Mills, said of the Ghostbusters star car “It’s spooky just how well-known Ecto-1 is. With only two movie cars ever, it is no surprise the value of a real Ecto-1 is increasing all the time, experts from Hagerty state an original movie used Ecto-1 could be worth $500,000 or more, and that would make sense as the car itself is already rare, let alone with the Ghostbusters pedigree added.

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In 1989 a sequel was released, while a new attempt was made in 2016 with a reboot … but now, 37 years later, Ghostbusters Afterlife is released.Īnd while we loved the actors in the 1984 release, you can’t deny one of the stars was a massive car, the 1959 Cadillac with the famous license plate Ecto-1, one of those illustrious movie cars that would gain cult status over the years, and a slew of replicas have been built ever since, even today while sourcing the original base car is getting more and more difficult.įor the 1984 movie, the producers found a 1959 Miller-Meteor Futura, a custom-built using a Series 75 Commercial Chassis from Cadillac, usually destined to become either ambulances or a hearse, adding the large rear door that was hinged at the side, characterized by the big fins at the rear, a massively long, creased front bonnet and spats covering the rear wheels, design features taken from other famous Caddies of the time such as the Eldorado.īut make no mistake, as Murray and Aykroyd used to transport their ghostbusting kit around New York at speed, this massive car was 21 feet long (about 6.4 meters) and came with a large displacement 390 ci (6.4-litre) V8 engine that produced 325 hp at 4,800 rpm while guzzling gas at an alarming rate … archived mention at least two of these Miller-Meteor Futura were acquired by Sony for the movie. Ghostbuster hit the movie theatres in 1984 to become a massive phenomenon, mixing a comedy with both science fiction and horror, all bundled into an action movie, and let’s not forget the 1984 release grossed a total of $295,000,000 in her first run, making it the first movie blockbuster in history according to the Hagerty press release.

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