Movie cars can almost become bigger than the stars they share the screen with. Everyone knows what car Steve McQueen drove in Bullitt, for example, and few cars of any sort attract more attention ...

Head to the barn and you should see a car inside with a covering of some kind over top of it. This is Ecto-1, or the Ectomobile, or just the Ghostbusters’ car, for those who aren’t all that ...

S ince the "Ghostbusters" franchise launched in 1984, it has left an indelible mark on pop culture, like ectoplasm from a ghoul. The original ghost-busting trio of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and ...

The original Ecto-1 lasted well into the filming of "Ghostbusters II" in 1989, but ended up a "piece of junk" that kept breaking down. It finally conked out during a scene on the Brooklyn Bridge ...

Baldwin spent two years transforming that original $2,500 purchase of the disassembled car into the iconic Ecto-1. Prior to construction, Baldwin spent an entire day with the original in ...

Jonathan Pessolano, left, and son Jonathan, 5, pose beside family car made to look like "Ectomobile-1" from "Ghostbusters." (Tom Wrobleski/Staten Island Advance) Tom Wrobleski/Staten Island Advance ...