Pictured: Ghostbusters ECTO 1 on display 

When Accrington car enthusiast John Williamson needed a new windscreen for his rare Ghostbusters 59 Cadillac he knew who to call - National Mobile Windscreens.

John, aged 30, is in the final stage of restoring the iconic vehicle which he uses for wedding advertising and corporate events.

It took him four months to source a replacement from the USA and called the National Mobile Windscreens branch at Worcester, where engineer John Timmins and operational support engineer Ian Redshaw were kitted out and ready for action.

John, who runs Williamson Auto Repairs in Accrington, said: "This car was virtually a wreck when it was originally imported and had been 90 per cent restored when I bought it earlier this year.

"I have been finishing the work but I needed the authentic replacement windscreen fitted properly to complete the task. National Mobile Windscreens ordered the replacement and did a great job," he said.

"This car is an exact replica of Ecto 1 which featured in the first Ghostbusters film and every detail has to be exact otherwise it will be spotted by the purists. So it was essential that it looks right."

The car is becoming a major attraction and turned heads when it took part in a recent "Knight Rider" event at Castleford in Yorkshire, with film and TV personality David "The Hoff" Hasselhoff, along with a number of other cult car classics including The General Lee recalling the "Dukes of Hazzard" and a "Back to the Future" DeLorean.

Branch manager Nic Fortey said: "As a company we have a Specialist Division which supplies replacement glass for classic vehicles so we are quite used to taking calls from cherished car owners.

"But this was an exceptional request and our engineers enjoyed a great experience working on such an iconic car."