R.J.1984 wrote:
Fuzziedice - I am just wondering how and when you came up the this kind of an original idea to transform a Pontiac 6000 into a Knighted Ride. One thing is for sure - It will deffinitly be one of a kind - at least for a little bit.
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Well, I had my 6000 for about 4 years already and then one day, I was surfing the net and got to thinking about old TV shows I used to like, and looked them up. I immediately found a whole community of people who not only liked Knight Rider, but also had been building replicas! So I just decided that since my car was starting to become a rust bucket, and the inside is pretty bad, and it needs some mechanical work that will cost me a lot, but it still runs fantastic, I decided to give it a go and restore it. I also always wanted a hot rod.
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Of course it'll never get to be one, but at least it'll be one cool Knighted Ride!
I do know of others that have made Knighted Rides. They are far and few between but I would be amazed and quite happy to see more people get into creating them. It can be quite fun.
As for when, shortly before my web site went up. I'd say late May/Early June. I know it was before my yearly inspection because I called my mechanic for an appointment and was telling him about my endeavers to restore the car. Then by the time the apponintment came around, I had the site up already and gave him the addy for it.
I've been a KR fan ever since the Pilot aired and seen all of the episodes at least once (even if I forgot a lot of them, some stick in my mind) and the KR2000 movie which I was not at all happy with. I look forward to getting the DVD set. I hope they do all 4 seasons.
Someone in another forum came up with the idea of calling cars like mine a "knighted ride". That means it's not a ricer and not a replica.
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And according to one of my neighbors who rode in the car once, he said my car kicks ass! (It's fast for a four-banging iron duke engine!)
My car (which I named Kitt
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) deserves my best attention. It got me to/from point A to point B, even loaned it to a close friend when her car was in for repairs. It is just a great car all around, and very dependable.
I hope to some day at least get it nice enough to take to cruise nights and maybe even car shows. I always wanted a show car, too. It's my only set of wheels so I have to keep it in good shape for that reason as well.
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