Is this the
El Coche Fantastico (Supercar)version? You know a blatant, low grade, lack of attention to detail knock off? I'm surprised Barris would "approve" this. From what I can tell in the photos and i'm not even a replica expert here, the front bumper orange "turn signals" are horrid, it has no louvers or accurate foglights/grooves (those are never "squared" off, Scheffe insisted on curves and rounded corners) - the scanner is a flat JC Whitney bar (they used two of them in the Impala on Supernatural's Knight Rider spoof "Changing Channels"). It has what looks like yellow construction lines along the "dash" - which looks more like something out of Tron. I spot red, green, and blue countdowns? They look like glued on legos?
Do you have any close ups of the dash details (besides c-net)? I'd love to see more photos of it just for the sheer absurd nature of it all.
The "gullwing" is a joke, as is the single tv unit. I dare say the only accuracy on this thing is the spoiler and blackout. Even the KNIGHT Plate is synthetic and looks to be made of plastic.
Clearly this is the worst claim to screen accuracy for K.I.T.T. I've ever seen and I've seen some pretty weak looking replicas in my time at various shows.
On another note, how was the "Burton" Batmobile in the background - did that have a Barris badge too? The interior looks off on that one too but not as bad. There's no "red" on the gauges in the actual screen accurate car.
http://www.chickslovethecar.com/KeatonCockpit.aspx
You can find out all about the Batmobiles from the movies here:
http://www.chickslovethecar.com/KeatonBlueprints.aspx
Kudos for meeting Joe, he's such a great fan and an asset to the KR community.
Thanks for sharing.
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