As I mentioned over in the Play.com topic, whilst the event was a bit of a letdown the elements that made up for this were the inflatable Stay Puft, and the replica of Ecto-1.
Now the man behind this incredible piece of work is one
Milton Homan.
Browsing his
official site. you can see he's worked on a lot of classic vehicles which simply look beautiful, and he's had previous experience with the 1959 brand of Cadillac, ranging from what appears to be normal restoration to... ahem, more 'specialist' projects:
This car from his explanation presently resides on the roof of the Hard Rock Cafe in Lisbon. Some of his big screen work can be seen in Kubrick's last film,
Eyes Wide Shut and Bond's classic number whilst he was in Cuba in
Die Another Day.
We got talking after the car was returned to its spot by Stay Puft after being moved aside for a moment for a press event and he revealed some interesting details about the car.
They'd sought a car in Europe to use, presumably as it'd be closer than getting one from the United States. He'd wanted to get a Miller Meteor but unfortunately he was only able to find a 1959 Cadillac S&S model in time to have it ready for the event. Unfortunately when they got it, her engine didn't work, but considering the car was fixed up as an Ecto in the space of four weeks I think the work speaks clearly for itself as well as to
Milton and his team.
When bought, the car appeared to be a former ambulance although it apparently had started out as a hearse:
And obviously it had to undergo repainting.
He also explained that Play.com Live! was the event the car was being unveiled at and is set to go on a tour lasting from between 6 to 8 months going around the country, where it's already been at Wembley and Aldershot. I don't know yet if the car will be in attendance at the MCM event this May where it's rumoured there will be more
Ghostbusters: The Video Game material that'll be on display.
One of the things he also mentioned was that the car wasn't complete and there were elements that weren't accurate. He elaborated that at the moment the interior hasn't been modified, which he may do in the future and I believe he also said he wanted to make the roof equipment more accurate, and that the inaccuracies were down to a lack of reference material.
I've given him the web addresses for GBProps and GBProject, so hopefully he'll be able to use those to his advantage.
Lighting wise, the car itself is pretty much flawless. The driver's side spotlight needs to be blue rather than clear, but that's a minor thing. The roof rack consisted of two lightbars which had small red rectangular sections in them on the front and clear circular sections on the sides. There was a clear white rotator in the dome on the back of the car and a proportionate number of deck/cowl lights. Oddly, the model of lights used had a weird set of bars mounted too them.
A nice touch was the siren, whilst it was definately a European police siren it was great that the car had sound. Judging by the position I'd hazard a guess that the siren was mounted in the engine compartment behind the radiator grille.
Another nice touch were the plates. The car had one for each end and appeared to be from that recent production run where a fan replicated them along with the Ecto-1A licence plate.
The car was a fantastic addition to the event and definately pulled the Ghostbusters Game preview up from being a big disappointment. Even if Mr. Homan doesn't modify it anymore the car still drew plenty of people's attention and will work fine as the newest addition to the growing Ectomobile family.
I think that's everything.
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