KITT for sale

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2007-04-03 03:55am

DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — KITT, the flame-throwing, river-jumping, talking muscle car from the '80s TV show Knight Rider is up for sale.
Restored to its debut-season glory, the modified black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am is offered at $149,995 at a Dublin auto dealership. Johnny "Vette" Verhoek of Kassabian Motors has had the car, officially called Knight Industries Two Thousand, on display for about a month.

It is one of four documented "camera cars" used for close-up shots and scenes where David Hasselhoff, who played Michael Knight in the series, was behind the wheel.

Although it cannot achieve the 300 mph speeds that KITT reached, soar 50 feet in the air or throw smoke bombs, key features of the star car are intact. Perhaps most important, the red scanner light on the nose glows and makes a humming noise.

The car has two working video screens on the dashboard, and the cockpit features buttons that light up in green, yellow and red: ski mode, rocket boost, micro jam, silent mode, oil slick and eject.

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Most of the buttons don't do anything, Verhoek said. Nor can the car hold a conversation or drive itself.

KITT isn't even street legal because of missing smog equipment and other modifications. Whoever buys the car will probably keep it in a private collection, or it may be purchased by a museum, Verhoek said.

The car belongs to Tim Russo of Livermore, a Kassabian customer who figured now was a good time to test the market, with the 25th anniversary of the show's debut coming up.

Russo purchased the car 10 years ago at an auction in San Diego, and has spent the last decade finding parts to restore it.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television ... -car_N.htm

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2007-04-03 05:08pm

Now THERE is a muscle car worth the shitty gas milage!

Time to dive into my couch cushins for quarters.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-04-03 05:17pm

If only I pulled in more than $25k per year. . .

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2007-04-08 07:05am

Already drive KITT, more or less

Summers coming... time to take it out of the garage and enjoy 5.7 liters of V8 petrol guzzling.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2007-04-08 10:56am

For that much you could probably buy four '82 Trans Am's and fix them up like KITT.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2007-04-08 03:43pm

Yeah, it's not as if this was something like the Batmobile, which had modifications out the yin-yang and was based on a concept car that never actually went into production. The only real visible difference between KITT and a stock Trans-Am was the light thing in the front, which would be fairly easy to add.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-04-08 03:52pm

What I want to know is why the hells do all these things end up in the British Isles? It seems all of these film/TV related things end up over here when they are put on sale. You'd think they'd be kept locked up in a warehouse state side, heh.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-04-08 03:54pm

Waaaaaiiit a Min. Dublin, California?! Bloody hellfire, just rename these places already.. *sighs*

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2007-04-09 12:17am

Dartzap wrote:Waaaaaiiit a Min. Dublin, California?! Bloody hellfire, just rename these places already.. *sighs*

Apparently, Americans aren't very original when naming cities. The State of Texas has towns named Odessa, Moscow, Paris, London, and Athens. Hell, according to Wikipedia, there are TEN towns named Moscow in the US, plus two Moscow Townships and one Moscow Mills!

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2007-04-09 12:24am

Incidentally, I'm curious how much it'll cost to install working rocket motors in that thing, in case I want to jump over a stalled car.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-04-09 03:54am

His Divine Shadow wrote:Already drive KITT, more or less Summers coming... time to take it out of the garage and enjoy 5.7 liters of V8 petrol guzzling.

Yeah, I've got '69 Camaro I need to drop an engine into, or I could just drive the 454...

Master of Cards · Post by **Master of Cards** » 2007-04-09 03:14pm

Sidewinder wrote:
Dartzap wrote:Waaaaaiiit a Min. Dublin, California?! Bloody hellfire, just rename these places already.. *sighs*

Apparently, Americans aren't very original when naming cities. The State of Texas has towns named Odessa, Moscow, Paris, London, and Athens. Hell, according to Wikipedia, there are TEN towns named Moscow in the US, plus two Moscow Townships and one Moscow Mills!

I go to school with people from moscow mills, we also have towns named St. Louis around here and Cuba.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » 2007-04-10 05:22am

I live about 40 minutes out from Dublin CA.. I might have to go snag some pics.