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 10 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
00:58 body work, the decals. Everything is done right here at our shop. As we walk around,
01:04 we try to get it as accurate as we can, cartoon accurate that is. We come around back and
01:09 we get to see Scooby and Shaggy peeking out the back window, looking down. A Scooby-Doo
01:15 tag for the back handle. The famous purple front and back bumpers try to be as cartoon
01:22 accurate as we can.
01:23 COMM: Owner Jerry first started customising classic cars before moving on to TV and replica
01:29 vehicles. Over three months, the team transformed a 1967 Dodge van into this well-loved mystery
01:36 solving machine. Every detail was painstakingly planned to match the iconic cartoon.
01:42 JERRY HILL: As we come around to this side of the van, we get to open up the side doors
01:47 to reveal the secret compartment inside that's rarely shown in the cartoons. We kind of took
01:52 some creative liberties on the inside. About 100 feet of LED lighting and we get to hang
01:58 out with the gang on the inside of the van.
02:00 COMM: And a project this size didn't come cheap.
02:06 JERRY HILL: I get asked from time to time how much certain cars cost to build. With
02:12 my wife sitting in the other room, I'd hate to say the true figure. So let's just say
02:16 that I've got a stack of paperwork this big on most bills and I don't ever run a
02:21 total on any of it for fear of what my wife might actually say to me. The biggest challenge
02:27 is on building the mystery machines in sheer size. I mean, that's a big van. I mean,
02:30 you're talking about doing inside and outside, the roof, the side panels. Overall, I mean,
02:34 it's just hard to describe something that's that enormous to work on. Because when you
02:39 do an older car, you're talking about doing two doors. And this car, this van has six
02:44 doors. So when you take six doors off and have to replace the door rubber, the paint,
02:49 the body and do everything, I mean, it's a challenge. It's a big project to undertake
02:53 but it turns out really, really awesome. I mean, I'm a guy that grew up with Scooby
02:58 Doo and who wouldn't want to have the Scooby Doo mystery machine?
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