What's this underneath KITT?
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What's this underneath KITT?
Something thats intreagued me for ages is the metal bar that can sometimes be seen just below the front bumper/spoiler?
I know they used several different cars, depending on what KITT was doing which explains why its not always there, but does anyone know what it actually is?
The screengrab was taken from season 2, but I noticed it in season 1 too.
Another thing I noticed (especially in season 1) is that sometimes KITT's hood/bonet is sometimes slightly open, maybe by just an inch or so. Again, wondered why this was
I know they used several different cars, depending on what KITT was doing which explains why its not always there, but does anyone know what it actually is?
The screengrab was taken from season 2, but I noticed it in season 1 too.
Another thing I noticed (especially in season 1) is that sometimes KITT's hood/bonet is sometimes slightly open, maybe by just an inch or so. Again, wondered why this was
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This isn't entirely accurate. When you see the hood "open" a little bit, it's deceiving. The hood is actually closed, but there is a giant shell they place over the car which makes the hood appear open. This shell was used for stunts so KITT wouldnt appear damaged when he hit another object. The sparks from bullets bouncing off him come from little "pellets" that are mounted on the drop-on shell. You can see them perfectly in this first picture:The hood is open in some shots because there was a device that would shoot out sparks (to simulate bullets bouncing off KITT)
And here's another with the shell:
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The "open hood" isn't actually open at all -- that's the car with the special rubber skin. When a car was required to perform a stunt (bullets sparking on the Molecular Bonded Shell, crashing through a fence, other cars crashing into K.I.T.T.) the stunt crew would often fit a special rubber Trans-Am-shell to the outside of the car, and it's this extra layer that makes the hood look open.
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I do, but not scanned. It's in a batch of photos from a magazine shoot on the set of "Trust Doesn't Rust" -- most of them are over on my site, and I pencilled in to include the rest in my updates next year!
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Now correct me if I am wrong here, but weren't the Trans Am's for the show re-inforced to add some rigidity to the car, the stock cars did not have a very rigid body so they tended to flex, now for the series they fitted the (stunt)cars with some sort of ladder beam construction on the underside to improve the rigidity of the car, or so I read. Could that be whats sticking out? Though I have to say those bars look different in some other shots of the show.
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Its like a fountain of knowledge here!
I love finding out all the behind the scenes stuff. I'm always watching for the guy behind the front seat doing the driving. Remember in season 1 (might have been the pilot) when they had the guy steering with huge beige mittens to match the colour of KITTs interior
I love finding out all the behind the scenes stuff. I'm always watching for the guy behind the front seat doing the driving. Remember in season 1 (might have been the pilot) when they had the guy steering with huge beige mittens to match the colour of KITTs interior
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me2 i got Dvds of knight rider original commercils promos everything i also wondering if kitt is parked or if he driving in that picture and dam looks like he need car wash lol.