Movie Buff Builds Scooby Doo’s 'Mystery Machine' Van: RIDICULOUS RIDES
51-year-old Scooby Doo fan builds the ultimate replica Mystery Machine. Jerry Patrick, owner of the car customising company AKA Junk, has recreated classic movie vehicles for the last 10 years. From the likes of the Batmobile to the Delorean – Jerry takes pride in constructing the most iconic cars that everyone can relate to. And one of his most recent masterpieces is none other than the cartoon Mystery Machine.
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00:00 The main reference we use when customizing the Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine is what?
00:05 As luck would have it, watching tons of cartoons.
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00:46 COMM: For over ten years, AKA Junk has created incredible replicas of TV and movie cars.
00:53 This is our Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine. We do everything in-house. We do the paint, the body work, the decals.
01:00 Everything is done right here at our shop. As we walk around, we try to get it as accurate as we can, cartoon accurate that is.
01:08 We come around back and we get to see Scooby and Shaggy peeking out the back window looking down.
01:13 A Scooby-Doo tag for the back handle. The famous purple front and back bumpers try to be as cartoon accurate as we can.
01:23 COMM: Owner Jerry first started customising classic cars before moving on to TV and replica vehicles.
01:30 Over three months, the team transformed a 1967 Dodge van into this well-loved mystery solving machine.
01:37 Every detail was painstakingly planned to match the iconic cartoon.
01:42 As we come around to this side of the van, we get to open up the side doors to reveal the secret compartment inside that's rarely shown in the cartoons.
01:51 We kind of took some creative liberties on the inside. About a hundred feet of LED lighting and we get to hang out with the gang on the inside of the van.
02:04 And a project this size didn't come cheap.
02:07 I get asked from time to time how much certain cars cost to build. With my wife sitting in the other room, I'd hate to say the true figure.
02:15 So let's just say that I've got a stack of paperwork this big on most bills and I don't ever run a total on any of it for fear of what my wife might actually say to me.
02:24 The biggest challenge is on building the mystery machines in sheer size. That's a big van.
02:30 You're talking about doing inside and outside, the roof, the side panels. Overall, it's just hard to describe something that enormous to work on.
02:38 If you do an older car, you're talking about doing two doors. This car, this van, has six doors.
02:45 So when you take six doors off and have to replace the door rubber, the paint, the body and do everything, it's a challenge.
02:51 It's a big project to undertake, but it turns out really, really awesome.
02:55 I mean, I'm a guy that grew up with a Scooby-Doo, and who wouldn't want to have a Scooby-Doo mystery machine?
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