The Ect-OHIO

Re: My Three Ecto projects#119665

By 69428scj - May 16th, 2009, 10:26 pm

- May 16th, 2009, 10:26 pm#119665

Okay, so no real updates for the car, but I just bought the second bumper strobe off ebay so I'm pretty pumped!

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My Three Ecto projects#119700

By jimbo7 - May 17th, 2009, 8:13 am

- May 17th, 2009, 8:13 am#119700

man i am loving this thread! keep up the awesome work!! Ur pack is gonna look bad ass inside that ecto
later
jim

Re: My Three Ecto projects#123147

By 69428scj - May 28th, 2009, 11:31 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 11:31 pm#123147

Alright guys, the Miller is home. here are the pics! (don't worry, it's all there...I just don't have the pics of the rest of it yet)

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My Three Ecto projects#123231

By zacharybroyles - May 29th, 2009, 7:51 am

- May 29th, 2009, 7:51 am#123231

Looks like someone has already done alot of the work on getting the sealer crap off the firewall. It took me forever to do that.

Do you have the front fenders and bumper or are you going to use the ones from your other cars?

-- Zach

My 59 Cadillac Project Blog - http://ghostbusters-ecto-1.blogspot.com/

Re: My Three Ecto projects#123250

By 69428scj - May 29th, 2009, 8:59 am

- May 29th, 2009, 8:59 am#123250

I have all the doghouse parts. I had those picked up before the rest of the car since I didn't have enogh room to take it all at once.

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My Three Ecto projects#123584

By RealGhost82 - May 30th, 2009, 10:54 am

- May 30th, 2009, 10:54 am#123584

wow, looks like its coming along nicely. I'd love to see it in real life. Keep up the great work!!

San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose: GHOSTBUSTERS

Re: My Three Ecto projects#144283

By 69428scj - July 22nd, 2009, 6:00 pm

- July 22nd, 2009, 6:00 pm#144283

Some new pics!

The PPO decided they wanted speakers in the door...

And the only real rust on the car..

Last edited by 69428scj on July 23rd, 2009, 5:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: My Three Ecto projects#144289

By secrecyguy - July 22nd, 2009, 6:22 pm

- July 22nd, 2009, 6:22 pm#144289

Cool! Keep us updated on it and don't give up on it!

Re: My Three Ecto projects#144353

By CPU64 - July 22nd, 2009, 9:34 pm

- July 22nd, 2009, 9:34 pm#144353

I'm so jealous..
I bought a 68 Impala wagon about 9 years ago and I'm still probably only 20% done with it..
Not having the money really sucks ^_^

Oh wow, no wonder the suspension on that vehicle is so soft, the lower arms are almost touching!
also, if you were near me, I'd love to offer my upholstery skills to help with the interior work :Þ

Re: My Three Ecto projects#144846

By zacharybroyles - July 24th, 2009, 10:47 am

- July 24th, 2009, 10:47 am#144846

Nice man, feel lucky to have as little rust as you do! We've about got the rear end finished on mine. Our body man has been a real slacker lately and it's slowing down everything because we have to modify some parts underneath the back door and don't want to take it off our lift until its done.. We've got to work on the rear end because we put the rear end out of 70s caddy to work better with the larger 500 caddy engine we're dropping in this bad boy, we have to modify the drive shaft as well :/

I can't wait to see how it runs with that larger engine, the frame and front end is modified and ready for the 500.

Ahh restoration. At least we've been cleaning off the under carriage ready to fiberglass up all the tiny rust holes in the floor. Oh... and patch the larger holes as well.

We've also got a new rear middle bumper piece sent off to the chrome shop, mine had been hit at some point and we didnt notice until now. We have to send off the rear bumper extension pieces to be chromed soon too.

-- Zach

My 59 Cadillac Project Blog - http://ghostbusters-ecto-1.blogspot.com/

Re: My Three Ecto projects#144974

By 69428scj - July 24th, 2009, 6:23 pm

- July 24th, 2009, 6:23 pm#144974

That sounds pretty neat zach. Sounds like you're doing an awful lot of work, so I guess why not go just that much more and do a frame off?

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My Three Ecto projects#145075

By zacharybroyles - July 25th, 2009, 9:02 am

- July 25th, 2009, 9:02 am#145075

I asked my dad the same thing, we're doing this ourselves mind you, and he said it didn't need it. But the undercarriage is not in that bad of shape, just in the front the floor board was rough/gone. The coating they used really protected against rust for the most part. And the frame is in great shape. It would be easier but hey, i trust his judgment.

I have faith in him, my dad has restored and had had restored of bunch of old cars, mostly 60s Chevys. My first car was a 68 impala that he got me when I was 16 and it was UGLY and he and his shop workers made it into this.

-- Zach

My 59 Cadillac Project Blog - http://ghostbusters-ecto-1.blogspot.com/

Re: My Three Ecto projects#145080

By 69428scj - July 25th, 2009, 9:36 am

- July 25th, 2009, 9:36 am#145080

I can see why your dad would say that. My dad and I are the only ones that have worked on the 6+ other projects we've done, all of them being frame offs. The best argument for it would be, "it's better to go all the way just in case somehwere down the line the frame weakens due to unseen rust". It's all good though...

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My Three Ecto projects#146872

By gamera1968 - July 30th, 2009, 11:01 am

- July 30th, 2009, 11:01 am#146872

wow, amzing finds

Looks like you have you have your work cut out for you

Good luck on the complete Ecto project!!

I am a proud member of Ecto Force Florida and Magic City Ghostbusters, official franchisees of Sony's Ghost Corps.

My Haslab Proton Pack '80's conversion w/ proper LC-1 ALICE frame attachment. Pic heavy.

My Halloween 2015 Budget Cardboard Proton Pack Scratch Build w/ pics.

My Halloween 2015 Prize Winning Uniform w/ pics.

Re: My Three Ecto projects#146894

By CPU64 - July 30th, 2009, 12:01 pm

- July 30th, 2009, 12:01 pm#146894

Wow Zach, I'm jealous.
The Impala (1968) is my all time favorite Chevy model. Especially the fast back, and the wagon (which I have)

Re: My Three Ecto projects#147133

By Egon Spengler Jr - July 31st, 2009, 7:33 am

- July 31st, 2009, 7:33 am#147133

If you want my two cents, think about restoring one of the Crown Royales to its original hearse look; they're becoming rarer and rarer, and you might be able to sell it for quite a pretty sum to fund your Ecto conversion(s)

Re: My Three Ecto projects#147281

By 69428scj - July 31st, 2009, 3:18 pm

- July 31st, 2009, 3:18 pm#147281

I actually think I'm going to sell one of my Crown's. I've recently realized that I just don't have the time to take on as many projects as I have. SO, consider this my official notice that I am selling the one on the right of the picture for $4500 obo.

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#167373

By 69428scj - September 27th, 2009, 11:11 am

- September 27th, 2009, 11:11 am#167373

Hey guys, no real updates other than another picture. I won't be doing any work to the Miller for some time since I'm trying to prioritize my projects. Right now it's in the queue behind my 1 of 1 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator. If anyone's interested in reading about that they can go to www.my69cougareliminator.com (that's where my username comes from). Anyway...here's another pic, don't worry about the doghouse. It's just surface rust.

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#167401

By Some_Guy - September 27th, 2009, 1:10 pm

- September 27th, 2009, 1:10 pm#167401

IT'S FRANKEN-CADDY!

Hope to see some more updates on this.

...Also you might wanna check your site out...FireFox just told me it was a reported attack site. Maybe some...questionable ads?

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#167439

By secrecyguy - September 27th, 2009, 3:30 pm

- September 27th, 2009, 3:30 pm#167439

I just went to the website using Internet Explorer and all of sudden my Avira Anti-virus went crazy!

WARNING DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE!

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#167487

By 69428scj - September 27th, 2009, 5:57 pm

- September 27th, 2009, 5:57 pm#167487

hhmmm, so after a review of the files, I found some suspicious stuff. I corrected it and requested another review. I'm really sorry about that guys! On a side note though, what's a good hosting site that I could move it to? I'm not too fond of the ads on godaddy.

Owner of The Ect-OHIO

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#167516

By s8film40 - September 27th, 2009, 9:39 pm

- September 27th, 2009, 9:39 pm#167516

I use hostmonster, it's a yearly rate but works out equivalent to about $6 a month pretty much unlimited and lots of features.

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#174628

By carsearch - October 19th, 2009, 1:47 pm

- October 19th, 2009, 1:47 pm#174628

Crown still for sale?

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#175239

By 69428scj - October 20th, 2009, 6:37 pm

- October 20th, 2009, 6:37 pm#175239

It is

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Re: My Three Ecto projects#175393

By Sol Prime - October 21st, 2009, 7:38 am

- October 21st, 2009, 7:38 am#175393

zacharybroyles wrote:I asked my dad the same thing, we're doing this ourselves mind you, and he said it didn't need it. But the undercarriage is not in that bad of shape, just in the front the floor board was rough/gone. The coating they used really protected against rust for the most part. And the frame is in great shape. It would be easier but hey, i trust his judgment.

I have faith in him, my dad has restored and had had restored of bunch of old cars, mostly 60s Chevys. My first car was a 68 impala that he got me when I was 16 and it was UGLY and he and his shop workers made it into this.

Wow, thats pretty funny. My first car was a 68' Impala too! I bought it for $400 from my High School auto mechanics shop. The teacher was my neighbor across the street where I lived, so I knew him pretty good and he hooked me up. The car had been given to the school for us to work on, and over the year I worked on it and restored it. It was Camo Green (Don't ask why, I don't know... ) had 23,000 original miles on it (In 1990) and ran like a champ. It was a freaking Air-Craft Carrier, it was so large. I used to joke you could land a Harrier on the hood. I miss that car.

It was stolen off a parking lot and chopped up for parts before it could be recovered. Last I heard the engine went into a tow truck. *Sigh* - I wish I still had that car. I had custom plates that read IRONCAR. Heheh.

Re: My 59 Miller Meteor (Updated 9/27)#185473

By 69428scj - November 19th, 2009, 6:41 pm

- November 19th, 2009, 6:41 pm#185473

Yay for updates! So not much other than a nice purchase, got these bad boys...too bad they don't have Lion regulators. Oh well, I'm not gonna lose sleep over that.