fans have the opportunity to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Scooby-Doo: The Movie by staying in Scooby-Doo’s Mystery Machine on Airbnb.
Last October, a few lucky guests got the chance to brave the night in the original Scream house for only $5, while SATC fans could finally try on clothes from Carrie Bradshaw’s closet by staying in her infamous brownstone apartment in NYC. Although he indicates a few times that the mechanical restoration has been completed, it’s hard to say whether he is attaching any and all mechanical work to the engine rebuild, or if the engine rebuild is the only thing that’s been done.Airbnb is known for their one-of-a-kind stays, but the vacation rental platform has also been collaborating with some famous bookings recently to give fans the trip of a lifetime. The seller adds that the Econoline has headers and dual exhaust and that it sounds pretty mean when it runs. Despite being a non-runner at the moment, I suspect any issues dealing with lack of mechanical motivation will be pretty easily remedied given how bulletproof this drivetrain is.
While the listing calls the rebuilt engine a 318, the seller amends this to note it in fact has the venerable 302 under the hood. The seller notes that while the Econoline is largely solid, there is some rust in the driver’s side door otherwise, the description indicates your rust issues will be minimal if you decide to take this van project on. The listing notes that the driver-side back door doesn’t want to open and that the passenger-side front window is missing a regulator. But it can also make a project seem more daunting, as it lays bare how much work the next owner will have to do to bring it back to life. The interior has been largely stripped like so many other project vans, which does save the next owner some of the work that would be involved in stripping out an old, funky interior. He says you can just get one 3-D printed, but I’m not so sure it’d be that easy. The seller notes that the paint is original – or at least original to the period in which this van was customized – and that it’s missing one of the iconic diamond-shaped bubble windows. I’d also track down and color-match some period-correct “turbine”-style wheels. The fender flares indicate this Econoline was someone’s toy back in the day, and while this Ford doesn’t have one, I’d add the deep front air dam like so many of the later ones have. The paint job by itself is worth saving, but I think I’d also leave the sunbaked surface rust as well. There’s no denying this Ford wears very authentic patina, the kind you can’t fake. The seller claims the engine and transmission were rebuilt a few years ago, and bidding is currently at $1,525 with no reserve. This 1974 Ford Econoline here on eBay was a runner before getting parked for a few weeks now, it’s said to not want to fire up and is being sold as such. The “Mystery Machine” had a very specific paint job that certainly made it an instant icon, so now any van from the same period with a slightly psychedelic color scheme gets lumped into the category. I’m not sure if the kids are still watching Scooby-Doo reruns on TV, but describing a van like the one seen in the hit cartoon hasn’t lost its popularity among van enthusiasts.
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