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An Interesting Idea For A Knight Replica...
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:46 am
by The Real Michael Knight
I was wondering if anyone has ever built a replica of KITT, but in his SPM configuration? Imagine driving down town with your KITT replica looking like your in SPM.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:50 am
by ramon88us
I beleive someone has been working on it.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:56 am
by The Real Michael Knight
Well now that would be interesting to see if someone manages to successfully complete such a feat.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 4:28 am
by Army_F_Body
I would want an operationally one. So I could pull up to some import, go into SPM, and still have a nice 350 under the hood to take care of some business.
Oh yeah, and a camera to record the other drivers face for posterity.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 4:39 am
by lofer
Somebody in the UK are making the SPM KITT, but I can't remember the web page... The page includes photos of the car with the SPM hood and other gadgets installed in... The guy says in the page that they have problems with the hydraulics...
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 4:55 am
by Army_F_Body
I remember seeing that site.
I imagine it has to be tough. The original car had no engine so they had a space to stick all the hydraulic stuff.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:40 am
by KARR Engineer
It's Knight Rider UK and it's Rob Pearson's project.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:45 pm
by The Real Michael Knight
I wonder how long they've been working on it.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:49 pm
by neps
Rob Peason aka knight2000 is currently making one a reality. Knight Rider UK has a page about the progress and you can find out more info about it there:
http://www.knightrideruk.co.uk/project.html
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:51 pm
by lofer
Wow! What a hard job! Nice!
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:52 pm
by jup
Outside of the rear wing, (because it goes so high and probably weighs a bit) I don't think any of the SPM wing extensions really need the hydraulics. I bet some cleaver mechanics and motors no larger then those for wiper blades could do the job.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:32 pm
by Army_F_Body
^^Yeah, I bet it would be eassier to make today than it was in 1985.
I still think a project like this would be a great project for Moster Garage
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:12 pm
by Nexus
Army_F_Body wrote:^^Yeah, I bet it would be eassier to make today than it was in 1985.
I still think a project like this would be a great project for Moster Garage
Ooh, good idea! Speaking of icon cars of the '80s, did you see the one where they attempted to make a DeLorean into a hovercraft? Jesse James seemed PO'ed the entire episode, and I got the impression that he
really hates DeLoreans!
Army_F_Body wrote:So I could pull up to some import, go into SPM, and still have a nice 350 under the hood to take care of some business.
Oh yeah, and a camera to record the other drivers face for posterity.
That would be priceless.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:38 pm
by Army_F_Body
Actually Jesse defiles a 3rd gen Firebird in the Christmas episode. He literally strips it to the floor pan to make a Christmas float out of it.
The Delorean one is my favorite! It's the only one where someone gets kicked off the build team
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:29 am
by Knight 'n' Day
Actually, I believe Jesse only thought the IDEA of working on a DeLorean was stupid (Anyone remember the PT Cruiser/Chipper episode?). The DeLorean was never well renowned for anything except its appearance in "Back to the Future", IMHO. AND it should be noted that once that guy walked off of the build and they got the project back on track, Jesse actually got pretty excited about it and wanted to see it succeed.