The Wild Cherry van as it looked in the 1979 film Van Nuys Blvd. (above) and the photo of the van taken by Mike Hitchens in 2016. 6. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. 7.

“I bought the Chevy on Van Nuys Boulevard one Friday night,” says Nick Massalas, who purchased Wild Cherry from its original owner in 1977. “Everybody was naming their vans at the time.

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He was was only a baby when “Van Nuys Blvd.” was released, but he saw a Facebook post in 2016 with a photo of the dilapidated Wild Cherry van paired with its movie screen shot.

Police arrested Southern Illinois man Chris Carter, of Collinsville, who is accused of stealing the Wild Cherry van that appeared in the movie “Van Nuys Blvd.” from its owner in California.