New Ghostbusters film: WATCH - Iconic car proves hit in the Black Country

The £200,000 car has been turning heads at weddings and proms across the Midlands.

And now with the release of the Ghostbusters reboot, starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth, bookings to hire the rare 1960 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ghost-busting mobile have soared.

Classic car fan Paul Harborne, 54, from Sedgley, said that he is regularly besieged by fans hoping to capture snaps of the iconic car.

He said: "Imagine Tom Cruise trying to go out for a paper – he gets mobbed by people, it's the same with us.

"As soon as that car goes up the road you get followed by an army of people.

"We've had people climbing out of their sunroof and creeping up behind us on the motorway just to get a picture."

Paul had been desperate to get his hands on the rare motor in a bid to convert it into an authentic movie replica.

But it took years of trawling UK and US car dealerships and the internet for Paul to finally track one down, in 2010, in scrap condition just a few miles away in Leicester.

Father-of-five Paul spent three years and around £100,000 painstakingly renovating the 23ft-long, six-seater car with business partner Tim Jordan – turning it into the ultimate Ecto-1 replica.

Paul said: "I wanted to combine my love of films and classic cars and I've always wanted to own a cool classic car from a film.

"But the Batmobile had already been done so I went back to the drawing board.

"I have a soft spot for Ghostbusters and also the car was big enough to be used as a limo, which was a plus."

The sought-after Cadillac Miller-Meteor was originally used as an ambulance in America, and only 2,000 were produced during a four-year period in the late 1950s and early 1960s meaning they are rare on the market.

Paul said: "It really was a mammoth task to convert the Cadillac into something which would be show-stopping and recognisable as the Ghostbusters car – it wasn't a challenge for the faint-hearted."

The biggest struggle they faced was finding the various parts because so few exist so the pair had to resort to making most of the bodywork themselves.

Paul said: "We worked on the car every day, which was exhausting, but it was such an exciting project.

"But it is so worth it, and the reaction we get when we take it out is incredible."

Paul plans to watch the reboot at the cinema but admits promo work might scupper his plans to see it on July 15.

He said: "I probably won't get to see it straight away as I'll be sat outside the cinema in the car during its opening weekend.

"I'm planning to try and watch it during the week once everyone's back at work."

The car can be hired out for through Tim and Paul's business Ghostsbusters Car For Hire.