By 1964ambulance
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Sorry if this is duplicate -- I've been searching for this on here and haven't been able to find it.

Does anyone have exact measurements of the Sony car's roof rack? Length, height, tubing size, etc?

I'm working on my second Ecto, and the first time we used 1-1/2" square tubing -- which has never looked right to me. It was a 65 M&M, so we sort of had to create the measurements and everything by eyeballing it anyway.

My new car is a 60 Miller Meteor, so the measurements from the original will work. Again, sorry if this is duplicate. Couldn't find my answer.
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By Kingpin
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Unfortunately I believe most of the measurements out there are educated estimates. For years, Ecto-1 and 1A were parked on the Sony backlot, and not accessible for most fans... And even though Ecto-1 is now in a much more public space, still on the Sony lot, I'm not sure if any efforts have been made to measure the roof rack - out of worry trying to do so might lead to fans being escorted off the premises. :(
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By 1964ambulance
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Bummer, but I guess that makes sense.

Any speculation on the size of the tubing used on the real car? I'm leaning toward 1". I sat in the 1A at USF like eighteen years ago; I wish I'd just measured the thing. Hindsight.
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By Beelowgonha
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I got a bunch of blueprints for the ecto 1 roof rack that I got by just googling "ecto 1 roof rack" I'm using those on my roof rack that will be going on my 60 whenever this virus dies down so I can buy it. Using those measurements gave me extrodinary results and are the best we have right now. A lot of it is eyeballing but it's extremely close to what's on the car. I would go with that if you're making a 1960 ecto.
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By Beelowgonha
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AJ Quick wrote:Someone actually just mailed me a set of photos and blueprints of the Ecto-1.

I'm gonna try to get them online soon, they are very good for reference.
Hey Aj! I made my roof rack off of your measurements! You're like a hero to me for posting those I had no idea where to even start without those! I probably wouldn't be making an ecto if I hadn't found them. Could you by chance send me some of those blueprints you got?

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