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Check out this 1983 Kitt Project Car!

Post by VegasKitt » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:03 pm

Hello all of my fellow Kitt fans. Just wanted to post this one time note about a great Kitt project car waiting to be started!


Click here or copy and paste!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 53451&rd=1


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Post by Lost Knight » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:39 pm

What a sight for sore eyes. 8)

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Post by Paul » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:51 pm

Wow. As the ad says, a great car to make into a KITT replica, but not a bad looking car in it's own right, given it's age.

Edit: In fact, give it the PMD headrest-style bucket seats and the silver wheels with bowling ball hubcaps and it looks a LOT like Michael Long's car. Heck, just like Michael Long's, it's even from Nevada!!

:D

Very Nice. Wish I had a couple of grand.

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Post by TurbomanKnight » Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:44 pm

The seller described the wheels wrong. The wheels on the car are the Turbo Finned Wheels. You need the Turbo Casts.
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Post by LadyV2000 » Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:48 pm

What a nice vehicle. If I had some mechanical knowledge and lived in or near Nevada, I would consider that car mine. You don't find them in that good of shape on the east coast. Road salt in the winter just eats cars away.
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Post by FuzzieDice » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:49 pm

GREAT car! :) Looks almost like it has the Recaro package but I see it actually doesn't?

Anyway, Henderson NV is where my employer is (I work from home, btw) :)

If I had the money and room, I'd love to have that car. Why even hack it up and convert it. It's just too nice looking. :) But for a conversion it would definitely be a good start as it looks like not much needs doing, bodywork-wise (if anything at all - looks pretty pristine from what I saw of the photos).

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Post by cloudkitt » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:58 pm

They were cool loking cars...but man are the stock dashes junky, lol

That would be a lot of fun to work with. But Nevada's a long way away, not too mention, well, money.;) :arrow:

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Post by bddotnet » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:44 am

Hello -

My name is Bobby. I am new to Knight Rider online but am a huge fan of the series, movies, cars, etc.

Check this out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... Track=true
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Post by Paul » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:47 am

bddotnet wrote:Hello -

My name is Bobby. I am new to Knight Rider online but am a huge fan of the series, movies, cars, etc.

Check this out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... Track=true
Hi Bobby, welcome aboard. As for the car you showed us, it's very nice, but it looks like only a partial KITT conversion, possibly just exterior. I can see a stock steering wheel, no PMD seats (you can see the bulky headrests), and it also doesn't appear to have the "curved" dash to accomodate KITT's TV monitors.

Also, purists (which most of us are :D ) will notice no turnsignal blackouts on the nose, just a smooth nose.

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Post by bddotnet » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:58 am

Thank you for the welcome!

I just noticed that KITT-like car on ebay while browsing. Thanks for the list of differences. Can an exact KITT be built? You could use small televisions for the dash but I'm not sure about the onboard printer.
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Post by Paul » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:32 pm

I don't know about a 100% exact KITT, with such things as a working printer, but I know a heck of a lot of people have built accurate replicas with screens in the dash, the Knight Industries gullwing steering control, the PMD seats and so on. Some people even get recordings of KITT's voice and tie it into the voice modulator so the car can appear to talk.

If - and it's a big if, but IF - I had a small fortune, I'd love to build one.

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Post by TurbomanKnight » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:37 pm

Paul wrote:
Also, purists (which most of us are :D ) will notice no turnsignal blackouts on the nose, just a smooth nose.
Well, the availability of the turn signal blackouts varies on which season Replica you want. Only 1st and 2nd season had the blackouts. The 3rd and 4th season had the smooth nose. 8)

And to answer your question Bobby, Yes it can be built. With the money, desire, and determination it can happen. :wink:
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