@@essbe7158 you made me realise something I'd often noticed. This car would have had the scanner pattern that used 6 lamps. Joe, would I be right on this??
I'd give anything to sit in a KITT and have my picture taken in the car. Even a replica. I've never seen a full blown KITT in person before. KITT is my absolute favorite car since I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. It still is. I have dreams of this car.
Being a fan of the yester years,it would seem fit to say it's like visiting one of your kids.Knight Rider,Airwolf,StreetHawlk,Dukes of Hazzard just to name a few lol
What a video! Getting to see one of the screen used cars which I used to watch on my tv 40 years ago and learning the history behind the magic. Locking forward to the Tesla event!
That scanner is a thing of beauty. The scanner never looked that good at the Knight Rider attraction at USH. It was like pulling teeth trying to get that thing repaired with management.
No doubts - Kitt really is like a gem. And your Kitt there is a real witness with parts that saw the action. What I like too and appreciate, dear Historians, that you not only know your stuff but you also play and enjoy yourselves. Thank you and I look forwart to the next part of the video.
20:53 I think I captured the moment with my head-mount GoPro, that our dedicated driver got KITT started after who knows how long... You should have that footage should you choose to add it for part 4! It was quite exciting!
Awesome, so now we have seen the actual KITT from the opening titles. Only another week to go then I can wear my All I want for Christmas is Knight Rider T Shirt.
This car is so cool! Love this car ❤ i would love to see all the buttons and switches and voicebox make sounds and lights too! Like in the show. AND the event was SOO cool
Love to see these behind the scenes vids you guys do, makes you realise just how much work went into the vehicles in the first place and how much work you do to maintain them. How much was your heart in your mouth when they were moving KITT out of that trailer?
Still in 2024 I think this car looks awesome! Maybe a modern interior would be great but damn! How can it look so good even with standard wheels and "hubcaps" after so many years. 👌
1. I find it funny how the Workshop´s ventilation system sounds like KITT. 2. I think the "all-on" activation of the scanner might be due to the speed potentiometer. I had an aftermarket scanner once, and the rotary knob went from OFF to full speed, then further to slow. I think it´s just a fact that turned into a feature.
that air cleaner, its so TINY lol actually you know just for the fun of it, you oughta sympathetically dyno one of the kits just to see how much power it made with the mods for the show, as one of the things I picked up on is that usually for stuntshows, tv and movies, theirs always a set amount of power the stunt team likes to get out of the cars like the fast and furious people always put in crate engines that put out 600 hp for the stunts, which probably comes out to 475 at the wheels, I would imagine this would be 285, 290 with one that's got the 350 in it as you said one of them was engine swapped for the stunt scenes
Ahh!! THERE we go! A very fitting new intro to this channel!! It just feels RIGHT! Great job! I feel that the Don Peake KR Title theme BELONGS here! You know, like it was MEANT to be here! (Now I'll watch the rest of the video!)
If you were to take on making all those buttons and screens work, that would be a major undertaking. It would be cool, but my God, the electronics going into that would be phenomenal.
We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug! -Airplane 2
Questa macchina se ho ben capito dimostra che non e' vero che a fine serie sono stati distrutti tutti gli esemplari usati nella serie di knight rider come stabilito da contratto con la universal,visto che questa e' la macchina che si vede con il primer in quella puntata che hai fatto vedere nel fotogramma
Have you ever run your KITT car through Pontiac historic service? Along with the chrome coat hooks I noticed the door moldings has chrome around the black. Is that part of the option group?
19:30 I wish we could have had a 1/4 screen insert of that scene from "Give Me Liberty..." that I reference inserted at this timestamp, even if in slo-motion to avoid any copyright video blockages...
Very cool details and information about this KITT. Spring compressers sounds interesting, why and what kind of compressers there are? Have seen spring compressers being used only when replacing shock absorbers or springs to a Patricia... I mean MacPherson struts 😉
It's a shame that we don't actually have a car with KITT's features and AI. Or at least most of them. All those buttons are just beautiful decoration. (Nowadays, we could probably implement some of them.)
I suspect this car was brought in to give the event some cred. KITT might be in the background somewhere where it can be listed as a prop (See? We have KITT here. We're just as legit as this two passenger cab and this bizarre minibus.). I dunno really, the presentation/event was so odd.
this car and the other original season 1/2 hero car are KITT for me...and yes the other 3 are also but these are the 2 first we ever saw...genesis... i hope you make it functional inside with acurate and running electrinics...
correct me if im wrong, as i know how you guys love to keep things as screen accurate as is possible, but didnt KITT have Goodyear tyres, and not BF Goodrich?
I've noticed that this car has no rear seat belts. Were they replaced somehow with closed plastic panels? I guess all from '82 to '88 Firebirds had rear belts down near the seats.
So I am wondering about the engine in this kitt. So is it a engine that the studio put in or is it the factory motor? I ask because I know that in 1982 the engines were blue but. They were also being painted in black.
KITT is Amazing!! Would Love to sit in one that would be a Dream come True! Could've done without seeing Elon Musk!! He's nothing an Idiot and doesn't impress Me one bit! Just Sayin
It still makes me kind of sad that Turn 10 put Carl's center console in and all the other stuff that isn't true to the show. If I recall correctly, this is the only laser-scanned KITT and one of the few instances where a KITT is even in a game. But it is "at least" way better than what we gamers must have endured with mods like the ones for GTA IV and V, which look horrible.
KITT is timeless. Many years from now, he'll still look futuristic.
A lil' louder for the entire congregation, I don't think they heard you!!
Yep. Still the most beautiful thing on wheels for me. 😍
💯💯💯💯💯
whereas Testlas will just look generic as hell
Looks like a 80s cheezy prop car
"Bonnie, help! Strange men are tampering with my hardware!" 🤬🤣
Amazing that this is the car we watched during the intro all those episodes. So awesome that the historians have done. Thanks!
@@essbe7158 you made me realise something I'd often noticed. This car would have had the scanner pattern that used 6 lamps.
Joe, would I be right on this??
Hi Kitt and Joe and Aj and guest nice video 📹 and workmanship
I'd give anything to sit in a KITT and have my picture taken in the car. Even a replica. I've never seen a full blown KITT in person before. KITT is my absolute favorite car since I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. It still is. I have dreams of this car.
Exciting time! Wow that screen used KITT is looking absolutely amazing inside and out.
Using the old (new) theme in the intro was awesome. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the six foglamped version the best! Sooo coool!!!
Great to see KITT back on location, at a film studio 🎥 ❤
Being a fan of the yester years,it would seem fit to say it's like visiting one of your kids.Knight Rider,Airwolf,StreetHawlk,Dukes of Hazzard just to name a few lol
What a video! Getting to see one of the screen used cars which I used to watch on my tv 40 years ago and learning the history behind the magic. Locking forward to the Tesla event!
Unbelievable you have that car
That scanner is a thing of beauty. The scanner never looked that good at the Knight Rider attraction at USH. It was like pulling teeth trying to get that thing repaired with management.
No doubts - Kitt really is like a gem. And your Kitt there is a real witness with parts that saw the action. What I like too and appreciate, dear Historians, that you not only know your stuff but you also play and enjoy yourselves. Thank you and I look forwart to the next part of the video.
Thank you for the kind words!
20:53 I think I captured the moment with my head-mount GoPro, that our dedicated driver got KITT started after who knows how long... You should have that footage should you choose to add it for part 4! It was quite exciting!
Fantastic guys! Thank you for the in depth tour. I have been waiting for this for years!
Its only the beginning with this car! Expect a more thorough look later this year!
Awesome, so now we have seen the actual KITT from the opening titles. Only another week to go then I can wear my All I want for Christmas is Knight Rider T Shirt.
Been to Petersen several times..always amazing
This car is so cool! Love this car ❤ i would love to see all the buttons and switches and voicebox make sounds and lights too! Like in the show. AND the event was SOO cool
I was there on holiday only a few weeks ago ! As big fan I had to go see an original car 👍🏼
KITT was the best show on tV he will that made car of today
Love to see these behind the scenes vids you guys do, makes you realise just how much work went into the vehicles in the first place and how much work you do to maintain them. How much was your heart in your mouth when they were moving KITT out of that trailer?
Great episode!!!
I was at the Peterson Museum a few months ago took a lot of pictures of KITT.
I can't wait for you to be backing it out of the real knight semi for events like this
Been waiting to see this car in detail thankyou for sharing. The engine sounds perfect glad its in such good hands.
Still in 2024 I think this car looks awesome! Maybe a modern interior would be great but damn! How can it look so good even with standard wheels and "hubcaps" after so many years. 👌
1. I find it funny how the Workshop´s ventilation system sounds like KITT.
2. I think the "all-on" activation of the scanner might be due to the speed potentiometer. I had an aftermarket scanner once, and the rotary knob went from OFF to full speed, then further to slow. I think it´s just a fact that turned into a feature.
Cool intro!
Yes this is the car I wanted to learn about
that air cleaner, its so TINY lol actually you know just for the fun of it, you oughta sympathetically dyno one of the kits just to see how much power it made with the mods for the show, as one of the things I picked up on is that usually for stuntshows, tv and movies, theirs always a set amount of power the stunt team likes to get out of the cars
like the fast and furious people always put in crate engines that put out 600 hp for the stunts, which probably comes out to 475 at the wheels, I would imagine this would be 285, 290 with one that's got the 350 in it
as you said one of them was engine swapped for the stunt scenes
Love your videos, I'm a Big knight rider fan.
Ahh!! THERE we go! A very fitting new intro to this channel!! It just feels RIGHT! Great job! I feel that the Don Peake KR Title theme BELONGS here! You know, like it was MEANT to be here! (Now I'll watch the rest of the video!)
We're glad you're enjoying it!
I'd give anything to be able to get my picture taken in a KITT replica again.
One channel can make a difference
I remember seeing this car back in 2019 at the Peterson museum. I was so excited and then told the scanner wasn’t working!
The scanner better be working this time.
Yes, it has since been repaired!
If you were to take on making all those buttons and screens work, that would be a major undertaking. It would be cool, but my God, the electronics going into that would be phenomenal.
Thank you for sharing watching from South Africa 😊
you guys should get the screens to work and play snippets of the show or a dvd
Garthe has returned! 😲
Wow, amazing story unearthed today :)
I demand you give me a self driving Kitt 😂 now😂
🎉maybe when you get the semi finished that could be its first trip .
To bring Kitt home .
kitt Belings in california. Joe should buy the center for law and justice and move there
@ Joe owns Kitt
We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug!
-Airplane 2
Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My friend works in the marketing department for the Petersen. I get in free whenever! Vault tours aren't always included unfortunately.
Questa macchina se ho ben capito dimostra che non e' vero che a fine serie sono stati distrutti tutti gli esemplari usati nella serie di knight rider come stabilito da contratto con la universal,visto che questa e' la macchina che si vede con il primer in quella puntata che hai fatto vedere nel fotogramma
Have you ever run your KITT car through Pontiac historic service? Along with the chrome coat hooks I noticed the door moldings has chrome around the black. Is that part of the option group?
Yes we have. The chrome door moldings are on all 1982 Trans Ams, The chrome coat hooks were added by the studio
What were the coat hooks originally? Just saddle tan plastic in color?@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial
19:30 I wish we could have had a 1/4 screen insert of that scene from "Give Me Liberty..." that I reference inserted at this timestamp, even if in slo-motion to avoid any copyright video blockages...
Oh wow I fn love this!
8:16 Oh, MORE than ONE other original still has those gauges!!!!!
Yes I realized my error later! 3 of the 5 survivors have those gauges
Very cool details and information about this KITT. Spring compressers sounds interesting, why and what kind of compressers there are? Have seen spring compressers being used only when replacing shock absorbers or springs to a Patricia... I mean MacPherson struts 😉
Ha, fantastic use of the name of the struts.
I would love to sit In a real KITT just once in life
Why does this hero car have white letter tires?
It's a shame that we don't actually have a car with KITT's features and AI. Or at least most of them. All those buttons are just beautiful decoration. (Nowadays, we could probably implement some of them.)
I want that car so bad. Hell I'll just take an 82 recaro t/a
you should put alexa or some thing like that inside with the voice of KITT!
I searched all over but couldn't find any pics of KITT at this Tesla event.
I suspect this car was brought in to give the event some cred. KITT might be in the background somewhere where it can be listed as a prop
(See? We have KITT here. We're just as legit as this two passenger cab and this bizarre minibus.).
I dunno really, the presentation/event was so odd.
this car and the other original season 1/2 hero car are KITT for me...and yes the other 3 are also but these are the 2 first we ever saw...genesis... i hope you make it functional inside with acurate and running electrinics...
correct me if im wrong, as i know how you guys love to keep things as screen accurate as is possible, but didnt KITT have Goodyear tyres, and not BF Goodrich?
The Tour Cars were sponsored by goodrich tyres
They're both Good..!
I've noticed that this car has no rear seat belts. Were they replaced somehow with closed plastic panels? I guess all from '82 to '88 Firebirds had rear belts down near the seats.
Nice video!! Please change the tyres back to the original (without the white lettering please!)
I think that looks good. The lettering makes them pop.
@FirstDan2000 not TV screen accurate though. Nah, in my opinion, it ruins KITT's stealthy look
Is KITT going back to the Patterson ?
Already back there
@ ok perfect!! I’ll go next week and take a selfie!
"Stick to your task." -Wilton Knight
So I am wondering about the engine in this kitt. So is it a engine that the studio put in or is it the factory motor? I ask because I know that in 1982 the engines were blue but. They were also being painted in black.
This particular car still has its numbers matching engine and transmission
The scanner is from another Glenn Larson creation....the Cylons!
Joe, please tell me you're going to contact the Hoff when it's time to debut the semi/trailer?!
How come you can't make that Digital dash actually work like the speedometer
i feel sorry for Kids nowadays they just wont understand how magnificent KITT was and is!
Garth wants to be a star just let him be 😅
I was curious if I showed you a picture of my Kitts front bumper could you tell me what season it's from?
yes!
@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial how do I send a picture it tells me that this app doesn't support images here
Next season part two
Please subtitulado in español thanks very much !!!!
🙏🏻👍🏻
Joe,
Try, to get the Hoff,
To do a interview for you and your
Channel
GARTH IS ELON!!!!!
Isn’t there still an original hero car from Knight Rider around?
Where is bonnie at. You need to get a Assistant that looks like bonnie
I watched the Tesla event online and I don’t recall seeing KITT?
He wasn't shown online, he was at the afterparty
The voice box don’t on , Whats happend?
So this is AJ’s car, right? Who bought theirs first?
We co own both cars, this one was acquired in 2007, the other in 2008
Don't let Musk near Kitt.
What’s the difference between joes car and ajays car?
KITT is Amazing!! Would Love to sit in one that would be a Dream come True!
Could've done without seeing Elon Musk!! He's nothing an Idiot and doesn't impress Me one bit! Just Sayin
It sux that the convertible kit and the superpersuit kit doesn’t exist anymore…
Sorry that I can give only 1 Like :D
It still makes me kind of sad that Turn 10 put Carl's center console in and all the other stuff that isn't true to the show. If I recall correctly, this is the only laser-scanned KITT and one of the few instances where a KITT is even in a game. But it is "at least" way better than what we gamers must have endured with mods like the ones for GTA IV and V, which look horrible.
Awesome Work !!!😎👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
First comment champion!🤭
As I'm writing this comment I'm driving your car in Forza Horizon 5.
I sold those pod buttons to the previous owner. I bought them from Eric Nagy. AJ is aware of it.
Tesla is a wack car