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Long story. Bear with me. Back in 2005 at a midnight showing of Ghostbusters, I started joking to my friend Will about how funny it would be to run out of a place like the Stanley Hotel or some large building in ghostbuster uniforms, carrying smoking ghost traps, handing the manager a bill for $5000, and running away. Of course, we'd record the whole thing and put it on the internet. Will laughed and said he knew how to build proton packs. I owned a white Subaru Outback at the time and I told him that if he built the packs, I'd convert my car. Flash forward nearly a year. My friends Austin and Will and I are talking about doing something spectacular for Halloween. We decide to go with the Ghostbusters idea. In June I start researching lightbar laws, construction costs, and ways to convert my car temporarily, with nothing permanent. By September 22 I have completed the first iteration of my Ectomobile. We roll it out and people start going crazy. It's on the cover of the local newspaper, radio djs are trying to find out who we are, and the general public thinks we're real ghostbusters. I decide to keep the car, as it's ridiculously popular and enjoyed wherever it goes. Flash forward to this spring. My buddy Ben is driving around his uncles 1970s Land Rover, and I suddenly realize I have a strong desire for and open-top, 4-wheel drive car. It occurs to me that if I buy a jeep, I could easily repaint it as one of the Jurassic Park jeeps, thus restarting the cycle and creating a new movie car for the masses to drool over. Not only that, but I could sell this car at a later date and make bank. And so the story begins. In June I started searching ebay, craigslist, cars.com, and many other sites for 1990s-era jeep Wrangler. I find a white 1990 for about $4000.  All I had to do was swap out the rollcage for the right shape, bolt on the correct side steps, replace the wheels, seats, and repaint it. In early July we start stripping the paint, pulling the car apart, and prepping it to be repainted.  We eventually took it all the way down to bare metal. I am guessing that one of the previous owners had rolled the jeep because there was extensive body damage to both sides, both rear corners, and the original color of the drivers door was actually red. We had to pull out all the bad body work and re-bondo everything.   Masking for the stripes...   Striped! Replaced the windshield, pulled out all the carpet and rhino-coated the entire interior, that way I can just hose it out whenever I want.   Refinished the front bumper and attached the corner horns.  Restored and painted the side mirrors.  Replaced every light, lense, hinge, bolt, grill, and rubber seal on the car.   Found a rollcage at a Denver junkyard that would fit.  Found sidesteps at the same junkyard  Sold off the old tires and rims, and replaced them with stock wheels and brand-new BF Goodrich tires.    Mounted spare tire and restored rear bumper and undercarriage.  Ordered graphics... lots of graphics!  Replaced the old interior speakers... good lord they were gross.   Applied graphics. The side 18s were originally reflective, I have since had them replaced with decals that are a flat gray.  With the Ecto at night.  Installed foglights, and took an ironic picture!  Got seats from a 1992 Sahara and installed them.    Internet meme, anyone?  Mounted rollcage and cb antenna.    I am currently scrambling to have both cars show-ready for an anime/sci-fi convention tomorrow. I still have to attach the fender flares, and finish building my props. The props that go with the car include some yellow pelican cargo cases with JP and InGen logos on them, my Park Ranger shirt, and my weapons case.  I still need to put the smoke grenades in there, and put the giant InGen logo on the outside of the case. I'll also have a small one of these in the corner of the windshield.  I am hoping to have the license plates ready by tomorrow, which look like this.  Bits that I'll have to take car of at a later date include the windshield lightbar, the sidesteps (those are gonna be a pain in the rear end), the winch, and the softtop mounts.   Thoughts?
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This is glorious. I'd like to see pictures of the Ghostbusters set up if you still have any to post. edit. Clarification. Not just the car. But everyone in their costumes freaking people out.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:41
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That is totally random and totally awesome.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:45
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That is fantastic.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:46
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This is incredible. I hope you stage some amazing happenings in these vehicles. Also: 
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Sep 14, 2007 01:47
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I think I would pretty much have a non stop boner driving that thing.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:47
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Ultra, ultra awesome. That is so drat cool.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:47
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That is loving awesome.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:47
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I thought this was going to be the green/yellow ones but this is just as good. Nice work!
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Sep 14, 2007 01:48
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Both of those vehicles are awesome. You're awesome.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:48
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Hi again FCGBs!!
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Sep 14, 2007 01:49
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Holy poo poo. The Jurassic Park theme music started playing in my head halfway through those photos. It looks fantastic.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:50
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Wow. That is loving awesome. I dont even know what to say other than nice work.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:50
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I swear I saw that ghostbusters car in Ft. Collins when I lived there.. did I?
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Sep 14, 2007 01:50
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Wow, that is fantastically done! Bravo on this and the Ectomobile. You've got a real knack for reproduction.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:50
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Vintersorg posted:I thought this was going to be the green/yellow ones but this is just as good. Yeah, those are the Ford Explorers. Don't get me wrong, a 15-year old SUV was mighty appealing, but I opted for the open-top, kick rear end, pure FUN of a jeep. The Fords would be cool, and I've seen some people make them before. Sometimes not using an explorer. Like this  May be a lame car, but the work and talent needed to make it look like THAT win my vote! Thanks, guys! Boomerjinks fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Sep 14, 2007 |
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Sep 14, 2007 01:52
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Haha, my roommate and I saw you guys driving around the fort a few weeks ago. We yelled and you guys waved. I had no idea you guys were goons. Great Job!
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Sep 14, 2007 01:52
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The best part is reading halfway down, thinking "yeah, it looks okay, but it really needs the logo on it". And then you bust out the logos.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:54
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Thats pretty good dude. You need a winch tho.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:55
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YES! Fantastic job recreating an icon from my favorite movie of all time! Your next project:  beaten by the op :P
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Sep 14, 2007 01:56
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You spared no expense. Pretty awesome.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:56
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I wish I had a car like that. Nice job on the Jeep and Ectomobile. 
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Sep 14, 2007 01:57
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RaRRRR posted:You need a winch tho. Actually, the plan was originally to create some sort of sound system and disguise it as the winch on the front bumper. With this we would blast different dinosaur roars out in front of the car, akin to how the sound system in the Ecto's roofrack play the siren and music.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:57
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I want a jeep now
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Sep 14, 2007 01:58
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This is goddamned awesome. Seconding series of Ectomobile pics.
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Sep 14, 2007 01:59
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It's been said many times before, but that's awesome.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:00
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Boomerjinks posted:Actually, the plan was originally to create some sort of sound system and disguise it as the winch on the front bumper. With this we would blast different dinosaur roars out in front of the car, akin to how the sound system in the Ecto's roofrack play the siren and music. You are a goddamn genius. Anyway, when fun meets its end of life in that thing, you need to lift the gently caress out of it and go mudding or rock climbing in it. Then youll NEED the winch.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:02
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Boomerjinks posted:the sound system in the Ecto's roofrack play the siren and music. Have you ever gotten pulled over for being too loving awesome?
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Sep 14, 2007 02:02
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Very nice. I have a Jurassic Park shotgun to complete the look 
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Sep 14, 2007 02:03
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Toothy posted:Your next project: I'd actually like to make this:  That's a photoshop I made of a 1985 Nissan 300ZX. They go for around $1500 these days. The cool thing about the nissan is that it's a t-top, so if you have a friend who can weld, gull-wing doors are only a $400 kit away. And lots and lots of labor, of course.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:03
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Holy god. When I have lots of surplus time and money, I'm going to do that. Edit-- as for a Time Machine, I remember your thread about the Ghostbusters car where you'd brought up the idea of doing a Nissan. I said it then, and I'll say it again: if you're not building it out of a 1981 DeLorean, you're not actually building a Time Machine.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:04
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I don't remember the JP jeeps looking like this. Seriously, this is awesome, I'm grinning like an idiot, but are they from a specific part of the film that I've totally forgotten?
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Sep 14, 2007 02:05
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Hotdog Farmer posted:I swear I saw that ghostbusters car in Ft. Collins when I lived there.. did I?  it's the same guy who's got the ecto-1!' (PS if you look close, there's a shot of the JP jeep in front of foothills mall's edit: south entrance, and the nightshot of the JP jeep and the ectomobile look like they were taken in the Moby parking lot)
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Sep 14, 2007 02:05
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Boomerjinks of the FC Ghostbusters. I should have thought you were a goon! You guys think the pictures of these things are rad, you should try hanging out downtown and watching the Ectomobile cruise by you with no warning. It blew my mind.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:06
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Corridor posted:I don't remember the JP jeeps looking like this. Seriously, this is awesome, I'm grinning like an idiot, but are they from a specific part of the film that I've totally forgotten?
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Corridor posted:I don't remember the JP jeeps looking like this. Seriously, this is awesome, I'm grinning like an idiot, but are they from a specific part of the film that I've totally forgotten? You're thinking of the Explorers, which were electrical and tied to a track that ran around the park. The Jeeps were the gas-powered vehicles, used at the beginning (READ THE ENTIRE OP!) and to escape from the T-Rex after Malcolm was injured.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:08
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Boomerjinks posted:I'd actually like to make this: Dear God this would be amazing. Fantastic work on the Jurassic Park car.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:09
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This is the best new thread I've seen in a while. Great stuff OP.
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Sep 14, 2007 02:09
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This is loving great! More pics of the Ectomobile please.
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Simply amazing. nthing a request for more pictures of the ecto1 as well
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