Movie Cars: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

 

In 1986, a ton of classic films came out, but one of my favorites is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Of course since this blog is about movie cars we are going to be talking about the very sad moment when this car above was destroyed. Well, that actually never happened because the cars used in the film were replicas! Three of these replica Ferrari GTs were used in the movie and only one of them got wrecked. They actually used a car called a GT Spyder California.

The scene where the Ferrari plummets down to the ground was actually just a fiberglass shell that was made specially for that part. Later, this shell was restored and sold in auction for a pretty penny. The real Ferrari GT is an extremely rare car so it is good to hear that one wasn’t actually used.

We here at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center hope you enjoyed another segment from Movie Cars! Hope you can sleep at night now knowing that no super rare car was destroyed in this movie.  Thanks for reading along!!

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Movie Cars: Ghostbusters

 

In 1984, a movie came out that revolved around 4 guys and their ability to save New York City by catching ghosts, of course that movie is Ghostbusters. This movie is a classic and I always have to watch it when it’s on TV. Not only does it have an amazing cast and some cool special effects, but it also has one of the most famous movie cars, the Ectomobile aka ECTO-1. 

The ECTO-1 is a1959 Cadillac with a Miller-Meteor ambulance/hearse conversion. Miller-Meteor was a car manufacturing company and only made about 400 vehicles. These vehicles were a whopping 20 feet long! That’s definitely something that is hard to maneuver. 

Throughout the years the ECTO-1 evolved. In the second film, it was given some more gadgets and gizmos and was actually a different car all together. The ECTO-1A as it is called, is a 1959 Cadillac. The ECTO-1A spent some time in Universal Studios in Florida and was a little banged up. After its time there it was taken back to Sony and just sat there alongside the ECTO-1. 

The ECTO-1 from the film was refurbished in the early 2000s, but the ECTO-1A didn’t have the same fate as its refurbishment was stopped. The refurb for the ECTO-1 was a difficult one. A lot of the elements were beyond repair and needed to be fabricated. The vehicle also had a bunch of rust and body rot from water, fixing this took about 9 months. All in all, it was a successful refurb for the ECTO-1 and it is on display at a museum in Los Angeles. 

We here at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center hope you enjoyed another segment from Movie Cars. Thank you so much for reading and have a great rest of your week!!

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