Mystery Machine

"Shaggy found it..."
 * - Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries (VHS relesase featurette)

The Mystery Machine is a van used to transport Mystery Inc. around the world.

Early History
Even before the gang got the Mystery Machine they solved mysteries, but they had no way for their own transportation. From the time when they first began solving mysteries, Daphne Blake's dad reluctantly drove them around everywhere they needed to go. In the special features of some of the Scooby Doo movies on VHS, Daphne's dad can be seen tightly squeezed into the driver's seat driving the gang to a haunted house.

An episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo? showed that the previous owners of the van were a popular family band, known as the Mystery Kids.

Scooby-Doo! And The Goblin King
The Mystery Machine was transformed into the Monstrous Machine.

Notes/Trivia

 * The license plate number as shown in Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo is revealed to be "195-343".

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Mystery Inc. arrived at the opening of the Coolsonian Criminology Museum in a stretched limo version the Mystery Machine.

Cultural Impact
There are many fan adaptations of the Mystery Machine. Most are based on the popular Volkswagen campervan, but others are based on, amongst others, Chevrolet vans and the Fiat like the one on the right.