What Kind Of Car Is The Mystery Machine

The words the mystery machine are prominently painted on the side lending a distinct look to the car.

The mystery machine s lights are too small to suggest the a100. Cartoon network which presently creates the animated cartoons with hanna barbera and airs them based their own actual travelling mystery machine on a more recent chevy astro van. The mystery machine was a vehicle that appeared in the hannah barbara cartoon and live action movie series and direct to video scooby doo movies often driven by mystery inc member fred jones. In the live action movie the mystery machine was clearly a ford econoline.

The mystery machine looks like an early to mid 60s ford taunus transit van modified with a different dash. The mystery machine sputters like a volkswagen and the spare tire mounted on the front is a volkswagen characteristic. There s a bench seat with possibly either a ford small block 221 cui v8 with 145 hp and 218 lbft of torque if the van is an early 1960s or a 260 cui v8 with 164 hp and 258 lbft of torque if the van is mid 60s for the animated series by the way the engine is most likely under the seat. The most common perception is that the mystery machine was a volkswagen.

While the van s particular make model and lineage are sometimes debated it s most easily described as a 1960s era panel van painted blue with a green wavy stripe and a couple of retro looking orange flowers. In one episode the gang has engine trouble and goes around back to open the hood of the rear engined mystery machine. Michael gould ideal classic cars but feed the need for nostalgia with this 1972 ford econoline gussied up to look like the mystery machine from the scooby doo cartoons. In the early run of scooby doo where are you which started in 1969 the van was either a mid 60s chevy.