Ikey Heyman sent in this ultra-modified 1967 Ford Econoline van. If you are a fan of the 1967-1991 Scooby-Doo cartoons, you will recognize this as the Monstery Machine. This must be a labor of love but it is for sale here on eBay for a Buy It Now Price of $15,900. The vehicle is located in Richmond, Virginia, and probably can be driven off-road … all the way home!
The van is powered by a 318 cubic inch V8 engine on a Dodge frame. This is the best picture of the engine sitting between the huge tractor wheels and tires. Over the years, we have covered several Mystery Machines replicas but this is the first Monstery Machine that we have seen. It is four-wheel drive and power is sent to the tractor-based rear gears via an automatic transmission. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of the interior.
The rear of the van has a large deck that would be fun to use after you pull up in a park to watch fireworks. I am not sure who the best buyer of this vehicle would be but it looks well constructed but appears to have a dent in the passenger rear door.
Several makes and models of the Mystery Machine were used in the cartoons including initially a Volkswagen or Corvair van. In later episodes, a Ford or Chevy van appeared, so this Ford Econoline certainly looks the part. What do you think of this wild creation?
I never watched that show. By the looks of this, it only perpetuates how silly the show must have been.
“…never watched that show.”??
You are either too young, OR you lived under a rock. :-P
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It was a classic cartoon.
Silly? Yes, of course. It WAS a cartoon!
Are you familiar with “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”? Each of the “Scooby-Doo” characters is roughly based on the four main Dobie Gillis cast members: Fred on Dobie, Daphne on Thalia Menninger, Velma on Zelda Gilroy, and Shaggy on Maynard G. Krebs. Add a talking Great Dane, a van I always associated with an Econoline, and kids solving mysteries, you basically have “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You.”
“And I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”
I actually learned something interesting this morning, never knew about the Dobie connection. You would have to be born roughly after 1955 to be into Scooby Doo , if born before you would just plain be too old to appreciate it. Sorry Howard! I’m a ’57 model and by the time Scooby appeared, was already losing interest in Saturday morning TV. Instead, I was out with Dad in the “shop” tearing down a ’40 Ford or such.
Is this “Weird Car Day”? – First the Checker,
& now this.
It looks more like it was set up to compete in swamp buggy races in Florida.
I’ll pass.
Scooby must have been a real tall dude…
After seeing this, I may cry
Very ingenious the way that they constructed the front wheels but they do not seem to match…
Born in 1954, couldn’t stand that cartoon, don’t know who got on my nerves more Shaggy or Scooby, yuck.
Burn it. Burn it with fire. This is coming from someone with a Scooby Doo tattoo sleeve on his right arm.
Not to be a party pooper, but I think this is very dangerous.
Zoinks!
If the owner is willing drive this through the mountains on curved roadways without guardrails at 55 mph as a validation / safety check then we can talk..
Make out you will first please 😮
Imagine the garage this dude must have had to build this in! Loved S-D as a kid and even watch it sometimes now with my kids….the only character I found really annoying was Scrappy. Well, and Scooby-Dumb can really grind one’s gears after awhile.
Scooby Doo’s owner drove The Mystery Machine. This one here is the Monstery Machine 🙂
ro ro another Mystery Machine I was born in 1954 and I gotta tell you guys that to each his own because we don’t all have the same tastes in vehicles case in point my wife and I spent about $75,000.00 doing a frame off on a 1969 Camaro Z/28 ( not a clone ) but I’ve had several comments as to why I would spend money on that OLD Chevy. It was a labor of love for us and we enjoy it. I think even if we don’t like a vehicle let’s at least applaud the guy for his work (:
his work? the shoddy looking fab or the painting over a bent up body ,, not sure he even sanded it before painting it,lol
I was born in 1952, I have never seen the show. I guess it wasn’t life-threatening!
No interior pics? I’m guessing that was NOT an oversight…….
Why??? Those old ford falcon vans were cool!! I really liked the second generation better though (68-74) but if that van was in decent shape when he bought it it seems a crime to me to make something out of it that can’t be driven!! Well at least not for very long!!
Fun, fun!
Hard wrk to produce tho.
Last, what’s the demographic for this? 1957/63 -1987/91? (I’m a ’52 model didn’t watch either too busy 4 TV back then too). So I guess that’s millennials in the MidLantic…
The show first came on in 1968 , and has been running ever since in many different series. The van originally was a generic flat nose van , and with the tire mounted on the nose I always associated it as a VW . I was born in 61, and my sister in 63 ,so we watched it a lot on Saturday mornings ; it was her favorite cartoon.
The van was top heavy before and now??????