Gmc Vandura a Team Van for Sale

For Sale: An Official A-Team Van – 1 of 6

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This 1979 Chevrolet Van is ane of merely vi that were built and licensed past Universal Studios to Hollywood Productions Inc. to promote the Tv series throughout the U.S. and Canada from 1983 to 1987.

The vans that were built for use on screen were mostly destroyed and few are known to remain, the video prune below is a good example of what happened to nearly of them – the scriptwriters of The A-Squad were merely as fond as body-bending jumps as the Dukes of Hazzard writers.

The A-Team Van

In The A-Team Boob tube series that ran over v seasons from 1983 to 1987 a number of GMC M-series/Chevrolet Vans were used – all painted with the distinctive black lower body, with a carmine stripe, and a grey upper torso. They were fitted with a rear spoiler, a front air dam, quad frazzle tips on either side, and fifteen″ American Racing "Turbine" 14 spoke wheels with 60 Series BF Goodrich Sport Truck T/A radial tires.

Higher up Video: A compilation of A-Squad van jumps from the original TV serial.

Different many vans, the G-series offered considerable power thanks to their 350 cu. in. V8 mounted upfront, they were originally topped with a two barrel carburetor but aftermarket parts suppliers offered all manner of upgrade kits for them – as a issue some were genuinely quick and drivers could easily get themselves into trouble.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the van craze was in total swing, in that location were fifty-fifty "vansploitation" films made to cash in on the movement. In more than contempo years we've seen a modern resurgence in vans thanks to the van life motion, where people buy themself a cheap van, set it up with basic living amenities and have to the road for adventures.

The A-Team played no small part in making vans desirable to a wide audience, and replica A-Team vans are commonly made from surviving GMC G-series vans, right downwards to the replica automobile guns in the dorsum.

The A-Team

The A-Team Telly series hit the airwaves in 1983, it had originally ben pitched equally "a combination of The Dirty Dozen, Mission Impossible, The Magnificent Seven, Mad Max and Hill Street Dejection, with "Mr. T driving the car", it's not hard to encounter why the studio gave it the dark-green light.

The term "A-Squad" was originally a nickname coined for US Special Forces' Operational Detachments Alpha (ODA) during the Vietnam War, it was chosen for the series as the 4 main characters are one-time Special Forces who are on the run after beingness court-martialed "for a crime they didn't commit".

The series featured B.A. Baracus (Mr. T) alongside John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), Templeton Peck (Dirk Benedict), and H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz). Episodes largely featured around diverse capers and the van was usually heavily involved – oft being modified for special purposes.

The A-Team Van Shown Here

Every bit mentioned in the intro, this van was built and licensed by Universal Studios to Hollywood Productions Inc. to promote the Telly series throughout North America. In this function it volition accept attended countless shows and appeared frequently in various local media stories.

Within the van yous'll find the signature four white bucket seats, cabinets for storing weapons and equipment, guns mounted to the wall, and most importantly, a belt-fed automobile gun mounted in the back to shoot at pursuing enemies.

Worldwide Auctioneers are offering this van without reserve at the Scottsdale Auction on Saturday January 23rd, with the proceeds benefiting the J. Kruse Education Center, a 501(c)(3) system providing career pathway development to students and transitioning veterans.

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To a higher place Video: The wildly pop opening sequence and theme song from The A-Team.

Images courtesy of Worldwide Auctioneers

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