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O.K. so technically its not a pro-car, but with the amount of work my 78 M+M needs, coupled with the fact that I HATE the idea of "Ecto-fying" a perfectly good funeral car I decided to do something rash.
See Im the head of a "Frenchise" of Ghostbusters International. Our whole deal is we have the flightsuits, packs, etc. and do events to raise money for vaious charities. After being without a franchise car for a while and getting the itch to trade in my mustang I decided to go modern.
So here's my new Ecto (remember it is but a work in progress)
And yeah I know strobes on either end would look better than the bubblegum machine, but I had it left over from the last ghostbusters car I did so I figured what the hell.
The great guys at Macon Communications who did the light bar install for me gave me a cd with a bunch of pics of their work on it. The way the Magnum's interior is designed, to get under the headliner, you essentially have to gut the interior.
Here's the car when they started
Gutting it out
The guys working
Once they got done the interior still looked perfect and completely stock. They put the control box for the lights and siren in the center console, here's a shot with the console open.
All that work and they only charged me $85.00 for the installation! They do the sheriff and police cars for most of the local cities/counties and ambulances, fire trucks etc. They said they were just glad to be working on something different!
They also signed a Ouji Board and placed it in the back of the car, I thought that was pretty cool and added a "Pimp my Ride" touch lol.
I'm still undecided as far as a roof rack or rear light. At the moment I'm leaning towards leaving it as is, it just looks more smooth and less cluttered. But now, knowing how much work goes into getting to the bare metal roof, if I DO go with a rack and rear light, I'll get the guys to bolt them down at the same time so there's no more interior removal than necessary.
So in all liklyhood this is the car I'll be in at next year's MonsterBash!
See Im the head of a "Frenchise" of Ghostbusters International. Our whole deal is we have the flightsuits, packs, etc. and do events to raise money for vaious charities. After being without a franchise car for a while and getting the itch to trade in my mustang I decided to go modern.
So here's my new Ecto (remember it is but a work in progress)
And yeah I know strobes on either end would look better than the bubblegum machine, but I had it left over from the last ghostbusters car I did so I figured what the hell.
The great guys at Macon Communications who did the light bar install for me gave me a cd with a bunch of pics of their work on it. The way the Magnum's interior is designed, to get under the headliner, you essentially have to gut the interior.
Here's the car when they started
Gutting it out
The guys working
Once they got done the interior still looked perfect and completely stock. They put the control box for the lights and siren in the center console, here's a shot with the console open.
All that work and they only charged me $85.00 for the installation! They do the sheriff and police cars for most of the local cities/counties and ambulances, fire trucks etc. They said they were just glad to be working on something different!
They also signed a Ouji Board and placed it in the back of the car, I thought that was pretty cool and added a "Pimp my Ride" touch lol.
I'm still undecided as far as a roof rack or rear light. At the moment I'm leaning towards leaving it as is, it just looks more smooth and less cluttered. But now, knowing how much work goes into getting to the bare metal roof, if I DO go with a rack and rear light, I'll get the guys to bolt them down at the same time so there's no more interior removal than necessary.
So in all liklyhood this is the car I'll be in at next year's MonsterBash!
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