hey guys adam savage here with something really special today i got to visit the set
of ghostbusters afterlife and watch director jason reitman and his incredible team of world
builders as they created the next chapter in the original ghostbusters universe and
one of the most iconic pieces props from the ghostbusters universe besides the proton pack
is the car the ecto one and i didn't just get to see and interact with their hero ecto-1 they
let me drive it i know i'm as surprised as you are apparently all of that stunt training i got
on mythbusters made them confident that i could safely run the ecto-1 through its paces so i did
i'm watching the ecto-1 the the ecto-1 coming out of this truck
with a transmission a brand spanking new transmission that got put in this morning
there it is
that's a specific sound man
there she is what a magnificent beast that is are you thrilled by this car it's a great car yeah
no yeah i mean we don't have the engine in it that it had back then uh this is a this is a new ls3
um which for this car is great because you have enough power to do what they are asking it to do
right because it's not just a it's not just a prop it's actually got to do stunt driving right keep
its inhabitants safe it's got to be able to hit it exactly we're not just driving it fast
you know but we're driving a fast and doing stuff that you know you would do in a uh way smaller car
right and i mean all this crap on the top has got to affect the suspension too does did you
have to tune that a bit there's a lot of i mean we've gone through a couple different suspensions
just uh because of the extra weight yeah this thing's gonna be banking and skidding and skidding
and sliding and yeah drifting there's a lot of stuff oh yeah i would love to drift this car
it has a gunner seat
can i sit in it
oh man
that is a big ass steering wheel it is can i start it sure go ahead
all right okay all right here's all your oh that's all my data okay here we go oh dave
ah don't worry about putting your seat belt
i'm too concerned about that yeah no not really all right let's see
oh the steering's quite nice
two more down for drive
that roar is so great isn't that a great engine it really is oh my gosh could we lose something yeah
okay oh we lost a goat bro all right i'll pause
give her a little bit long here okay punch it a little right here
oh yeah
i'm gonna do one more round yeah for sure
it is a heavy beast isn't it you can tell i did it oh yeah i can see i mean also though the heaviness
feels like it'll give you a little bit more um i don't know a little more reaction time in the
sliding right you know we all we all think about that iconic footage of the ecto coming out of
the old fire station right and that's screeching and uh just think of what they had back then you
know for suspension and stuff compared to right how we can build these cars today oh i know and
hence why we were able to do more with it today right all right here i'm going to punch it yeah
oh yeah
i know would be terrible they're like yeah wheel fell off it was adam's fault yeah i don't know
i've done a lot of things that are like qualify as
fantasy camp type excursions that one wins hands down
what a lovely heavy feast
good job adam nice work thank you very
much sir you're welcome i really appreciate it that was fabulous
you