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Who You Gonna Call? Ghostbusters (and the ECTO-1)

We were incredulous to find in our long an illustrious history, there has been nary a whisper of the Ghostbuster's iconic ambulance turned phantasm fighting mega wagon, the Ecto-1. Considering that, what better opportunity to feature it than on Maximum Wagon Day? Yes, running around the house as a kid pretending to be "going on calls" and mimicking the siren of the Ecto-1 may not have gone over well, but it sure was fun, and evidence of early onset car nerd. The original car is currently up for sale over at Hemmings for a cool $150 grand but that's a small price to pay to get everybody who ever sees asking "Who called you - the Ghostbusters?"

4:20 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,329 views, 32 comments

Latest by Kelly: I'm with mechmike, the 2-door Fury whomps every other late-50's car for badassedness, though the 300D is up there, too. That said, Cadillacs of the era and anything other than the Chrysler Imperial don't compete, head-to-head. Plymouth vs. Caddy, not a more »