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My K.I.T.T

Post by Trans Am Erik » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:00 pm

I just bought the car a couple weeks ago. It began life as a 91 Formula. It now has all the correct 82 bodywork and a season 3/4 Knight nose. The interior is the correct tan PMD interior. It has a 383 under the hood, overdrive trans with a shift kit, and a 410 rear gear.

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Post by Knight Racer » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:44 am

That car looks great.Will you be keeping the doors the way they are or replacing them with the 82 doors?also will you be refitting the interior dashboard/consoles?

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Post by Nicholas Knight » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:50 pm

Awesome! I wish you the best in your replica. I'm curious about making or buying a custom nose for my Pontiac Sunfire. It's kinda hard for a Non-Trans Am to make a Knight Inspired Vehicle. But I remember seeing a KITT Nissan somewhere.
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Post by Trans Am Erik » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:57 pm

Thanks you guys. I will be changing the look of the doors to the 82. However, I don't have to change the doord themselves. The lower ground effects are plastic add-ons that I will remove and fill the holes in the doors and rocker panels. For the Knight interior I want too go with the 2 TV dash (i like that one better), the lower console, and upper console. It will have the gullwing steering wheel but I want to see if I could get one with a steel frame and an OEM way to attach it for safe driving. I just don't know the different companies out there making the Knight parts.

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Post by ShadowRider » Wed May 05, 2010 5:11 am

Trans Am Erik wrote:It will have the gullwing steering wheel but I want to see if I could get one with a steel frame
If you have airbags, like you seem to have one in the steering wheel, can you replace it? In Finland it's forbidden to remove safety equipment, such as airbags, from a car.

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Post by hoffman95 » Wed May 05, 2010 9:01 am

Good luck it will look great.
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Re: My K.I.T.T

Post by ShadowRider » Thu May 06, 2010 6:20 am

I'm also modifying my Trans Am. It's a '89 Trans Am GTA and I'm gonna make it look like an '82. I have bought a new spoiler, like the one you have, to replace the Aerowing, and it's currently being painted. I also purchased a set of taillights from an '82 Trans Am and the rear fender flares I'll install once I got the GTA's ground effects taken off. A nose from '83 Firebird awaits me as well as a "powerbulge"-hood (my GTA has the louvred one).

I'm just wondering what I'll have to do to fit the '82 taillights into the '89. The light-patterns seems similiar, so I guess no wiring is needed. Taillights of a Trans Am are different than those Firebirds and Formulas have. So I guess the light-bulbs are the same size?

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Post by Trans Am Erik » Thu May 06, 2010 2:52 pm

Hi guys, thanks for the support and encouragement. I am starting to plot and plan just what I want the car to be able to do when completed. I'm up in the air now about 1 or 2 monitor dash. I like the 2 monitors, but I wonder how difficult it will be able to use the small monitors. Also, for the guages I was wondering about using LCD instruments out of an 84 Corvette. The dash will have a working PC with WIFI and a few video games. The buttons on the uper and lower consoles will be a mini keyboard and auxilary keyboard, and a finger pad mouse.


Shadowrider: I hope your tail light conversion goes smoother than the one on my other Trans Am. I converted an 81 T/A into a 77 Bandit T/A. With my friends help we had to change the whole tail pan behind the tail lights, the wiring harness, and even the fuel tank to make the liscence plate gas door work.

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Post by AZKNIGHT » Fri May 07, 2010 4:38 pm

Wow, you've really got a lot done in just a couple of weeks! Most conversions take years. Congrats on your find and your speedy progress thus far!
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Post by Trans Am Erik » Tue May 11, 2010 11:40 am

Here is the Corvette digital dash I mentioned earlier. Picture these guages adapted to a single TV dash. I would move the center (fuel,temp, etc) screen to the right of the tach to make room for KITT's voice box. One thing I like is when the car is turned off, the dash would look solid black.


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Post by Victor Kros » Tue May 11, 2010 1:01 pm

Neat! Thanks for sharing.

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Post by Trans Am Erik » Sat May 29, 2010 4:35 pm

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I got the nose to fit better
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New shifter, the car used to have the T handle
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Post by Knight Racer » Sun May 30, 2010 7:12 am

Sweet pics man.Got any more?How long until you think its complete?

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Post by Trans Am Erik » Sun May 30, 2010 1:04 pm

Well, it will be a long time in the making. I have some rust to fix on the body, then fill all the holes from the factory ground effects before I can start paint prep. I ordered an LED light for the front the other day. The interior is still in the plotting and planning process. I know that I want a working PC in the dash, I just have to decide what I want the car to do. If i don't go with the Corvette guages I may get a season 4 set up.

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Post by Trans Am Erik » Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:50 pm

Well, i'm back and ready to really start working on KITT. i have been real busy. Within the last year I bought my dream home, got married and finished my OTHER car, the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am

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Post by Trans Am Erik » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:51 pm

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Post by Trans Am Erik » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:55 pm

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Test fitting my gullwing
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Post by Trans Am Erik » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:58 pm

timing gear drive
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Post by MR2NR » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:51 pm

Love it!!! How are you filling the door holes? Please weld them as bondo and high chip suseptable area don't mix lol.
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Post by Trans Am Erik » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:19 am

Yeah i'll weld all that up. My wife bought me a new welder for Christmas. I'm doing the engine work first though.

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Post by buckolaci » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:25 pm

Very nice, looks like a fun project. I've got a dumb question for everyone on here: What happened to the classifieds on this website? I can't seem to find it anymore
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Post by Michael Pajaro » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:40 pm

buckolaci wrote:Very nice, looks like a fun project. I've got a dumb question for everyone on here: What happened to the classifieds on this website? I can't seem to find it anymore


Are you sure it was on this site?

Knight Registries had a classifieds section, but their site was having problems for a while and they haven't fully restored it. Although their main "classifieds" link is not active, they have a classifieds section in their forum.

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