Updated:2007-04-03 11:20:22[/align]'Knight Rider' Trans Am Up for Sale
DUBLIN, Calif. (April 3) - 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.


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It is one of four do***ented "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.

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.

 

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"I think a lot of Knight Rider fans will be surprised to learn that although Hasselhoff and KITT had great on-camera chemistry, off camera their relationship was marked by creative disputes, personal resentment and flat-out jealousy," said Guy Morris, a spokesman for E! Networks. "During the show's run, NBC was able to keep a tight lid on the costars' behind-the-scenes feuding, but True Hollywood Story will show how their conflict propagated an unbearable production atmosphere that continually threatened to tear the show apart."

"Right off the bat David began trying to influence the cinematography and storylines to get more on-screen time than KITT," Grimaldi remembered. "Meanwhile, KITT was always trying to stilt David's performance by honking during his dialogue or accidentally running over his foot every once in a while during a scene. Of course, KITT would claim to be having mechanical malfunctions, but we all knew what was going on. Childish stuff for a hyper-intelligent, eleven million dollar super-car, if you ask me."



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Heck, three hundred miles an hour ain't so hot. Even the french have a train now that will do that!!

 

last i heard, the French could run at that speed, specially in the face of the enemy.

 

True, but that train has 25000 horsepower. Kitt could talk, I bet the french train can't talk, unless maybe after having a bit too much moet.