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This week in our series entitled Movie Motors we take a look back to 1984 and the original Ghostbusters Film. Over this series we have seen a wide variety of movie motors, from the multiple generations of the batmobile last week to the mustang muscle car from Bullitt and this week we see the fictional car (similarly named to the batmobile) - The Ectomobile.

The Ectomobile made its first appearence in the original Ghostbusters film, released in 1984. The film is a sci-fi-comedy based around the lives of 3 New York parapsychologists who have intentions to be ghost busters (ghost exterminators.) It starred famous names such as Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver and more. Doing fairly well in the Box office the film grossed around $230,000,000 in the US and $50,000,000 in the rest of the world, making it real competition for films of its time.

The vehicle from the movie was named the “Ectomobile“, a mixture of ectoplasm and automobile that fitted well with the film. The Ectomobile played a relatively small role in Ghostbusters but it still remains a movie motor. With a 325 bhp 6.4 litre v8, the rear-wheel drive ectomobile was fairly large - as well as this ghoul of an engine it also had a fair few modifications over a standard car.

Tail fins adorned the back of the car making this medical vehicle seem half way between an ambulance and a batmobile, and the flashing lights, strobes and sirens all added to the emergency angle of this medical motor. The Ectomobile also boasted a huge set of roof fittings which provided helpful ladders to the three parapsychologists when they needed them.

Probably the best medical movie motor ever, the Ectomobile was the ultimate trade off between work and superhero status - perhaps representative of the stars themselves in the film!

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