I can confirm 1a is not in the same location as it was in the "last known picture" and it was moved when the petition was created since that move royally pissed off sony. I have heard the same things everyone has already said, it's in storage. I wish I could say where 1a is now but I don't know. Photo was taken before the car was moved from its spot in the "last known picture". I have seen a photo of 1a that was taken after the "last known picture" of it went viral. Both cars were suppose to be restored but only ecto 1 was restored before sony pulled the plug on 1a. There are photos of both cars at cvs next to each other posted somewhere on this site. I think all of the responses to this original post have summed up the reality that ecto 1 was restored and ecto 1a was not. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised if some of that info died when Stephen Dane passed away. I wonder if anyone has actual proof of exactly how many 59s were used for each movie and the Vin#s for each. So, then Im guessing one of those was turned into the Ecto1A for the second film. I also heard that the 84 ecto 1 originally the movie had two of them. I just wish we had the Vin #s of the original vehicles from both movies. So, if that ecto1 is still inside the Police Museum, at least it was there February 8th of this year. This does not look like the George Barris replica. There was a recent photo someone took here. Isnt there a thread or page somewhere that shows the Original Ecto 1 Vin #? I thought there was an Ecto 1 parked and displayed at the L.A. I was looking around but could not find it. Im curious as to where the Ecto 1A went after the "Ecto 1" was restored. There is PROOF in that photo above that the Ecto 1A was at some point in that garage when the supposedly "Original Ecto1" was restored. That's a rumor that its in storage somewhere. Don't just tell me "oh its in some wearhouse storage" If Im wrong, someone show me a photo today of where Ecto 1A is. Now this makes me wonder if this restored Ecto 1 (that is really the Ecto 1A) is now at the L.A. She has been resurrected into the Ecto 1. So, Im going to assume that Ecto 1A is dead and we will never see her again. This is the thumbnail and this is the "Ecto 1" Restoration video image:Īnd in the video, THIS is what was inside that they took to take the 1,000s of photos of to recreate the Ecto 1 accessories and restore them: This was the last time we saw what was once inside the car: This is agreed to be the last known photo of the Ecto 1A and its current condition last we have seen. Maybe this has been mentioned before in some other thread but has anyone noticed how it looks as though Sony gave them the Ecto1A to restore as the Ecto 1? Here is what I am talking about: These bars were custom made for the Ecto-1A, however the current owner of an Ecto-1A replica was able to have Whelen recreate a set for him.I just watched the Ecto 1 restoration video again and I noticed something that I didn't pick up on before. There are two of these bars, one on the front and one mounted high on the rear of the roof rack. In addition, there have been filters placed on the rotators that produce blue, red, green and amber colors. They have clear domes and have replaced the center chrome grill section with more rotators. However, different lenses and rotators were used on these bars. One of the models is the same Code 3 Force 4 XL that was used on the Ecto-1. 'The Ecto-1A uses three different model lightbars. They are no longer tooled for reproducing that particular lens.' Update - 07/29/16 - According to James Baker at Code 3, there are no more replacement lenses being made. A list can be found in the Code 3 website linked below. They recommended to locate a distributor for a lower price as the manufacturer needs to sell them at "list price" only. An inquiry to code-3 on 11/12/09 showed these run $256 each. The blue lenses for the Lightbar are still available from Code 3, they are part number: S22003M. There were two of these used on the front and back of the roof on the Ecto-1. The lightbar used on the Ecto-1 was the Code 3 Force 4 XL 48" Lightbar, Model #9000 SAE-W3-79.
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