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Hey, I'm 19 and Jon Ward is my grandfather, and always talks about how he used to work on this show (the original). I rarely get to talk to him anymore because of distance and he's not in the best of health, I was just wondering if anybody here knew what kind of work he did and had any details on it?

Thanks!

The search forum option pulled up a couple things about him... pretty cool! Anybody know more than that?

Hi Daniel -

Welcome to the forum. I know a Jon Ward designed the original front bumper for KITT for the pilot presentation before it was redesigned for the series...beyond that, I don't know. I've always wanted to chat with him.

Joe

Are we have any concept arts from the first nose??

Hi Daniel,

I think your grandfather might have been responsible for creating this KITT nose:



Can you show him this picture to see if he recalls it?

Joe

Jon was one of the many uncredited of the series. He was involved in performance, build, and design modifications of many vehicles used in the series; stunt cars, trucks, etc.

He built “Stealth” for Larson’s “The Highwayman”

I give Jon credit for work done on a special KITT stunt car, built in ’83, that was exhibited and provided a stunt show in Chicago during filming of “Knight of the Juggernaut”.

Joe Huth wrote:Hi Daniel,

I think your grandfather might have been responsible for creating this KITT nose:



Can you show him this picture to see if he recalls it?

Joe

I was about to build "This Replica" but life happend ,got married,sold all my extra 82' trans am interior,exterior stock and it never happend,it would have made for a perfect low profile daily driver ,maybe some day,some day!