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atrus123
07/14/09

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Total chick magnet.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
07/14/09

@atrus123: Yes, that siren really gets the ladies goin'. WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAH WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAH
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NerD: Blattella
07/14/09

@atrus123: Your first date would be horrible, as you'd be followed around by middle aged men slobbering over your sweet sweet ride.
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Indigen
07/14/09

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The last Ecto 1 on ebay? This sounds like bridge selling.
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Doctor Who?
07/14/09

@Indigen: Different purposes for each, sounds like. And Universal likely has needed quite a few different copies of the Ecto 1. Probably not as many as they needed of the General Lee, but still quite a few.
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Dr Wadd
07/14/09

@Doctor Who?: When the first Ghostbusters was filming there was only one Ecto-1. One of the extra features on the recent BluRay release was covering the restoration of Ecto-1 so it could be used on promotional tours for the BluRay release, and before the restoration was started it was in very poor condition. If there had been more than one Ecto-1, I`m not sure why they would be making a big deal about restoring one, as surely they would have just used a different one for promotional purposes.

If this is a legitimate item, I would strongly suspect that the car for sale isn`t the Ecto-1 used in the films, and definitely not the Ecto-1 used for the first film. Most likely it is a cheaper replica that was made for promoting the films. Still would like to be able to own it though.
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slater
07/14/09

@Doctor Who?: When I went to Universal Studios as a kid, I remember seeing the Back to the Future DeLorean and being very excited... until I went on the tour and saw 6 more of them. The one on display had a big sign saying something like "The original car from the movie!" but it failed to mention that it was one of many.
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Smeagol92055
07/14/09

@slater: Heck, watch BttF 3. The scene where Marty is hot-rodding it across the desert away from the Indians? That is TOTALLY not the regular DeLorean. That sucker's practically a monster truck.
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Sunshineyness
07/14/09

@Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: I can imagine. I have a hard time believing that a regular DeLorean could handle that kind of terrain.
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