{"id":404419,"date":"2021-11-18T20:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T20:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=404419"},"modified":"2024-04-20T19:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T19:30:55","slug":"the-famous-ghostbusters-ecto-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-famous-ghostbusters-ecto-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The famous Ghostbusters Ecto-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>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&#8217;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. In 1989 a sequel was released, while a new attempt was made in 2016 with a reboot &#8230; but now, 37 years later, Ghostbusters Afterlife is released.<\/p>\n<p>And while we loved the actors in the 1984 release, you can&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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In 1989 a sequel was released, while a new attempt was made in 2016 with a reboot &#8230; but now, 37 years later, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":404415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1349,263,17177],"tags":[1336,20297,17178],"class_list":["post-404419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cadillac","category-car-culture","category-chassis-histories","tag-cadillac","tag-cadillac-chassis-histories","tag-chassis-histories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The famous Ghostbusters Ecto-1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-famous-ghostbusters-ecto-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The famous Ghostbusters Ecto-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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&#8217;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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