1987 Chevrolet G20 “A-Team” Custom Van

The list of collectible cars you could buy for $18k could go 200 cars deep and still not include a van pimped with 1980s “A-Team” logos

by Steve Serio

Formerly part of the Barris Star Car Collection in Hollywood, California, this Chevrolet G20 van is believed to have been supplied unregistered directly to Universal Studios during the last year of production of “The A-Team” television show. An all-action adventure series first screened during the 1980s, the “A-Team” starred George Peppard as Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith and Mr. T as Sergeant Bosco “B.A.” Baracus, and was a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

This van was designed and built by George Barris, well-known builder of custom cars, whose credits include “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “The Munsters,” “Batman,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” and “Knight Rider” on television, plus movies “Ghostbusters,” “The Love Bug,” and “Jurassic Park.”

George Barris was born in Chicago, then moved with his older brother Sam to Roseville, California, where the pair built their first “Barris Brothers” custom car, a 1925 Buick. In the 1950s, George Barris...