Nice!....I am back at work to construct the pilot nose that was designed by th late Jon ward, my current season 4 nose was recently damaged!...I hope soon to post new videos about it!
that car was so awesome, love that KITT, the detail was amazing. you know with technology going the way it is, it won't be many years until we could have a talking car not as cleaver as KITT but getting there
What a find! Absolutely beautiful! He said the paint alone was $12K - I'd like to know the details (it's virtually perfect). From what I recall - 15 coats of black, 30 coats of clear, for a super wet look. But again - i'd like to know the details.
Tesla need to do that front light and voice pack as an option I’d tick it if buying a Tesla. 👍 But that’s some screen replica KITT. Everyone who sees that Car drive about of a certain age will just get a hot fuzzy feeling. Brilliant please keep it on the road. I’m in the U.K. and just sat with a smile watching that 😁
The original cars used TRS-80 Color Computers. (from Radio Shack), and actually ran the program, "Audio Spectrum Analyzer", by Steve Bjork, which was also used for the finale rap song, in Revenge Of The Nerds (1984)
Knowledge Pursuit Can Be Wonderful and Y-useful. (LOL - sorry about the last word, perhaps 'Yearningly useful?' might be better instead?). Seriously, though, thank you, as always for making and looking forward to more videos soon.
I see the same passion in Sean as I saw with the “Dutch Knightride”r. They’ll talk for hours and they love to show you everything and they are very open with all their information and experience (it’s no easy feat, even with the parts cast already!) And when he let us take a spin, you feel so nervous as you don’t want to damage their one if a kind and 1000s of hours of ongoing labour. And I was hyper alert and dead nervous, it felt like my driving exam 😂
fun fact, when Hasselhoff came to capri, italy for some kind of cinema festival, in his hotel room, he found out supercar tv series was on a italian tv channel ....and he tought was in his honor....but the Knight Rider series basicly ran not stop from '80 to '00 and something
Beautifully nostalgic view of the last authorized replica of KITT. Magical memories made real in that replica vehicle. Wow, what an investment of time and money to realize that dream. Amazing commitment to a dream. A thoroughly enjoyable Quick Byte. Well done Perifractic. Just one question, why aren't the shorts on your channel called Retro Nibbles. After all, a nibble is half a byte in computing terms.
Glad you liked this! As for Shorts, I already have Quick Bytes, and Nibbles has been used by a few other retro channels. I think as they're so short and no space for a title card, it's simpler just to stick with UA-cam's nomenclature. 👍🕹️
@@RetroRecipes A K.I.T.T. Car was washed recently out of a old barn, i think it was red, but still the same type of car and look. Its great that people have found a way to keep the spirit alive and well, LOVED kitt back in the day and still do. Thank you.
You played it so well and so cool there until near the end, Michael. I mean, I thought "He's way too calm and composed. I'd be freaking out if I was right there next to Julia Roberts' boots from Pretty Woman, or Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman costume!" But then you slipped up there, asking about what would happen if he noticed KITT missing from the garage one (k)night.. Now he's gonna have his eye on you. So, I guess stealing is out. That means we just need to give you all enough subscribes and likes to be able to buy one of your own.
Great series!!! I wonder if KITT ever made the trip with Michael when the Berlin Wall fell? We all know that before Michael started singing about Pamela Anderson running along the beach to the Germans, someone had to watch his back. Has anyone ever wondered why the evil kitt was a giant black truck and not just another black trans am with a big mustache on the front? That seems like the logical evolution of things.
Cool K.I.T.T. car... Not surprising that CA DMV "doesn't like the car" whatever we do in CA some agency hates what we do, or makes us get a permit or license or just fines the snot out of us... best not to say anything. LOL... but jeez can't you let this one slide... it's soooo cool having a K.I.T.T. car and I can only imagine it draws a huge crowd and a lot of attention to everyone that sees it! Wow! Stunning!!! Thanks for sharing
@@RetroRecipes Wow! That's truly amazing, but it's not like there's a fleet of them roaming the roads... so if you see _THAT_ car the cops know who it is... That's got to be the coolest thing.
Your car is the future. I bet you when Elon was chilling one day and when he use to smoke pot. I bet you was watching “Knight Rider.” Elon was like let’s make tesla the future of Kitt and that’s what you see today… Great episode, i hope one day i get to meet you bc your show is so worth watching! Keep up the great work!
Wonderful video. Actually would be really interesting to do the KITT exoskeleton on KITTesla as you suggested in one of your comments. It would probably cost an arm and a leg to get all those hoods / quarter panels custom made. But even if it is 110% the size of original KITT, it would complete the look and most people wouldn't notice the size difference. A one of a kind TRULY self-driving KITT replica? That's absolutely priceless and although you would never part with it, we all know it would fetch a VERY handsome sum if you ever decided to put it on the market.
There's no such thing as a single true screen-accurate car. They used many cars that were all slightly different. Things like buttons moved and changed from episode to episode. Some features were actually not in the car at all, but were just some prop on a sound stage. The Knight Rider historians channel is a great resource if you want to learn about all these little differences between the cars.
Thanks, the Historians are great and helped with this video. To be fair nobody says this is screen accurate. Only that the dash is moulded from the original dash.
Great vid, ta muchly! I must confess I was shouting at you in the last vid for putting the Kitt-iPhone behind the steering 'wheel'. "Kitt's voice comes from down near the gear stick somewhere!" I yelled... but every day's a school day I guess :-) Oh btw, I am programmed only to react to a girl's screwdriver noise
I always wondered. Are there any fan cars of KITT where they have the early season 1 modulator light. I never see anyone ever have it. Or mention the ability to switch to that one.
It'll be even more historical, one day, if William Daniels allowed to assist, can provide his voice data and transfer them to 15.ai or any other voice capturing devices to be used for future smart cars, Siri & equivalents are nice, but KITT's voice is always the best & iconic to car lovers worldwide. Today's voices may only be used for normal navigations & weather news, but one day, if possible, KITT can become your car friend too
Wow, pretty interesting! I guess my question about the molds is: Those look like the dash and other related parts instead of the negatives. So how would the new dash, etc. positives be made from those?
I am so jealous of you I love kitt and Knight rider. I spoke to the voice of kitt a few months back. Because I have just got a Knight rider app on my phone
It's called a " Larson Scanner" because Glen A. Larson love to use them his shows, maybe he invented them, not sure. Check out the Cylons in the original Battlestar Galactica series for example.
Loved this and that car must be mine, maybe in my dreams haha. Great little video as always guys thanks a lot and am so looking forward to the next one. Until then take care and have a great rest of the weekend.
Someone should do an LS swap on a Kitt car! Those 80’s engines were too slow! But I still love it! Lol! Closest I ever got was a Knight Rider big wheel when I was a kid! 🤣
WOW... BEAUTIFUL CAR... AND OF COURSE, CALIFORNIA, NOT HERE IN COLD CANADA...! BUT I WANT ONE... BUT YOUR TESLA, IS COMING ALONG GREAT... IF ONLY MR. TESLA HIMSELF WOULD STILL BE OR NOT DIE MYSTERIOUSLY, WELL... WE WOULD HAVE MANY THINGS BUT ... JUST SAYING...!!! AGAIN GREAT VIDEO!
Very cool indeed. :-) The irony of this "high tech" car having a lack of standard modern safety equipment is causing some conflicts in my head! If only Turbo Boost really works you could negate not having an airbag when driving towards a brick wall or an oncoming vehicle! (I'm aware the cars used for those stunts didn't have the wonderful KITT interior and were often severely damaged when landing. Cars aren't built for flying, especially landing! LOL!)
What's mentioned in the actual Knight Rider show is that K.I.T.T. features an invisible restraining system. That's also why you AFAIK never see Michael Knight with a seatbelt on.
Cool but rob never had TV series molds,his molds were self made and not accurate this has been talked about on the KR forums,cool it is licensed but not 100% accurate
Put on the Tesla Autopilot in its most advanced iteration and u have a good replica although not even close obviously, to the K.I.T.T fictional Autopilot wich was at level 100.
Question, why is there an "EJECT L" button and in what circumstance would the driver need to dramatically remove himself from his vehicle, presuming he's driving it at the time?
There is SO MUCH misinformation in this video. Michael Scheffe NEVER had possession of the fiberglass molds for KITT parts. So, how could he sell them to Rob Louisell?
Listen at 3:30. I say he perhaps didn’t get them from Scheffe. This was all fact checked before publishing. I believe that to be as close to the truth as anyone knows all these years later. There’s a difference between misinformation (intentional misleading) and trying to tell a story with facts nearly 40 years old.
My fav TV car of all time... We have quite a few K.I.T.T's here in the UK. Got up close to one when I went to a car show. Way back in 2009! ua-cam.com/video/HgOGMJGrVWE/v-deo.html
I have 2 of the model TV used in the original car. do you know if its possible to get measurements of the dash so I can get them into an accurate reproduction?
The detail and dedication is phenomenal thank you so much for taking the time to film this
Nice!....I am back at work to construct the pilot nose that was designed by th late Jon ward, my current season 4 nose was recently damaged!...I hope soon to post new videos about it!
Pilot nose was different to season 1 even?
Kitt brings back so many great memories for me bring a family up in the 1980's
that car was so awesome, love that KITT, the detail was amazing. you know with technology going the way it is, it won't be many years until we could have a talking car not as cleaver as KITT but getting there
What a find! Absolutely beautiful! He said the paint alone was $12K - I'd like to know the details (it's virtually perfect). From what I recall - 15 coats of black, 30 coats of clear, for a super wet look. But again - i'd like to know the details.
Tesla need to do that front light and voice pack as an option I’d tick it if buying a Tesla. 👍 But that’s some screen replica KITT. Everyone who sees that Car drive about of a certain age will just get a hot fuzzy feeling. Brilliant please keep it on the road. I’m in the U.K. and just sat with a smile watching that 😁
I'm now looking forward to these Kitt episodes as much as the retro episode's
Love hearing that. Thanks Nigel!
PCBWay = Pretty Car Bonnie, Wonderful As You!
This is the car I dreamed of having since I was a kid loved the knight rider show this is a holy grail for me
That was an amazing trip down memory lane. Thank you so much.
The original cars used TRS-80 Color Computers. (from Radio Shack), and actually ran the program, "Audio Spectrum Analyzer", by Steve Bjork, which was also used for the finale rap song, in Revenge Of The Nerds (1984)
Michael Scheffe was also involved in the design and construction of the BTTF Delorean.
7:18 I used to think that’s where the voice modulator was too. I figured I was the only one to make that mistake. Glad I’m not the only one.
Seems it was a common confusion
Knowledge Pursuit Can Be Wonderful and Y-useful. (LOL - sorry about the last word, perhaps 'Yearningly useful?' might be better instead?). Seriously, though, thank you, as always for making and looking forward to more videos soon.
I see the same passion in Sean as I saw with the “Dutch Knightride”r. They’ll talk for hours and they love to show you everything and they are very open with all their information and experience (it’s no easy feat, even with the parts cast already!)
And when he let us take a spin, you feel so nervous as you don’t want to damage their one if a kind and 1000s of hours of ongoing labour. And I was hyper alert and dead nervous, it felt like my driving exam 😂
This car was a childhood dream
fun fact, when Hasselhoff came to capri, italy for some kind of cinema festival, in his hotel room, he found out supercar tv series was on a italian tv channel ....and he tought was in his honor....but the Knight Rider series basicly ran not stop from '80 to '00 and something
Beautifully nostalgic view of the last authorized replica of KITT. Magical memories made real in that replica vehicle. Wow, what an investment of time and money to realize that dream. Amazing commitment to a dream. A thoroughly enjoyable Quick Byte. Well done Perifractic.
Just one question, why aren't the shorts on your channel called Retro Nibbles. After all, a nibble is half a byte in computing terms.
Glad you liked this! As for Shorts, I already have Quick Bytes, and Nibbles has been used by a few other retro channels. I think as they're so short and no space for a title card, it's simpler just to stick with UA-cam's nomenclature. 👍🕹️
@@RetroRecipes A K.I.T.T. Car was washed recently out of a old barn, i think it was red, but still the same type of car and look.
Its great that people have found a way to keep the spirit alive and well, LOVED kitt back in the day and still do.
Thank you.
I actually sat in the screen used KITT back in 1988 in Brisbane, It is now owned by Joe from The Knight Rider Historians Official channel 👍
You played it so well and so cool there until near the end, Michael. I mean, I thought "He's way too calm and composed. I'd be freaking out if I was right there next to Julia Roberts' boots from Pretty Woman, or Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman costume!" But then you slipped up there, asking about what would happen if he noticed KITT missing from the garage one (k)night.. Now he's gonna have his eye on you.
So, I guess stealing is out. That means we just need to give you all enough subscribes and likes to be able to buy one of your own.
Stunning. The Hoff needs this car one day, in awe 😮
Това е супер яко! Браво за труда и парите вложени в колата. This is super cool! Well done for the work and money invested in the car.
Great series!!! I wonder if KITT ever made the trip with Michael when the Berlin Wall fell? We all know that before Michael started singing about Pamela Anderson running along the beach to the Germans, someone had to watch his back.
Has anyone ever wondered why the evil kitt was a giant black truck and not just another black trans am with a big mustache on the front? That seems like the logical evolution of things.
Well, don't you know K.A.R.R.?
C’est la première fois que je vois une reproduction de cette voiture! Chouette boulot ✌️🕹
Perifractic, my 10 year old self went nuts after seeing this. Thanks for sharing these behind the scenes, scenes. :)
No problem!
I Love Knight Rider the 80s show I'm 44 now but started watching Knight Rider when I was 7 or 8...
It's why I Love the color Black...
KITT is so handsome!
Love these knight rider episodes. KITT is the best, really enjoyed this 👌
Cool K.I.T.T. car... Not surprising that CA DMV "doesn't like the car" whatever we do in CA some agency hates what we do, or makes us get a permit or license or just fines the snot out of us... best not to say anything. LOL... but jeez can't you let this one slide... it's soooo cool having a K.I.T.T. car and I can only imagine it draws a huge crowd and a lot of attention to everyone that sees it! Wow! Stunning!!! Thanks for sharing
To be fair he drove to me with the KNIGHT fake plate and says he never gets stopped for that, just for photos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@RetroRecipes Wow! That's truly amazing, but it's not like there's a fleet of them roaming the roads... so if you see _THAT_ car the cops know who it is... That's got to be the coolest thing.
Your car is the future. I bet you when Elon was chilling one day and when he use to smoke pot. I bet you was watching “Knight Rider.” Elon was like let’s make tesla the future of Kitt and that’s what you see today… Great episode, i hope one day i get to meet you bc your show is so worth watching! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Now someone has to recreate KARR for the revenge battle 🚘🤩
All ready is
Only thing i can say is W O W
Wonderful video. Actually would be really interesting to do the KITT exoskeleton on KITTesla as you suggested in one of your comments. It would probably cost an arm and a leg to get all those hoods / quarter panels custom made. But even if it is 110% the size of original KITT, it would complete the look and most people wouldn't notice the size difference. A one of a kind TRULY self-driving KITT replica? That's absolutely priceless and although you would never part with it, we all know it would fetch a VERY handsome sum if you ever decided to put it on the market.
There's no such thing as a single true screen-accurate car. They used many cars that were all slightly different. Things like buttons moved and changed from episode to episode. Some features were actually not in the car at all, but were just some prop on a sound stage. The Knight Rider historians channel is a great resource if you want to learn about all these little differences between the cars.
Thanks, the Historians are great and helped with this video. To be fair nobody says this is screen accurate. Only that the dash is moulded from the original dash.
@@RetroRecipes You say it's screen accurate at 0:42 :)
Great vid, ta muchly! I must confess I was shouting at you in the last vid for putting the Kitt-iPhone behind the steering 'wheel'. "Kitt's voice comes from down near the gear stick somewhere!" I yelled... but every day's a school day I guess :-)
Oh btw, I am programmed only to react to a girl's screwdriver noise
um kitts voicebox is behind the steering wheel, not "down by the gear shift some where"
@@brandonworthy9906 Indeed it was. Have you actually watched the video - particularly around 7:03?
Lots of good memories from the 80s... Some of the best action/adventure TV shows are from then. Loved that car.
nice kitt, I like how you are making your tasla into kitt
I always wondered. Are there any fan cars of KITT where they have the early season 1 modulator light. I never see anyone ever have it. Or mention the ability to switch to that one.
The play in that steering wheel lol.
Kinda thought everyone knew that KITT's voice box was in the center of the dash?
Michael Scheffe also created the DeLorean time machine hero car.
Once again thanks for a wonderful video of an epic movie car that was responsible for molding my passion in automotive tech.
Glad you enjoyed it
Would love to see you do more retro tech restorations and repairs in future videos.
I will always do those, but will also always mix it up and keep things fresh. This is a project I’m excited about at the moment that’s all. 👍🕹️
Beautiful KITT Car!
If only the paint on the tv show was this good! wow!
What an amazing vehicle and a great interview. I'd have been losing my mind in there
Ha I was internally!
If I ever won millions on the lottery then an 84 TransAM and a Delorean would be one of my first purchases. Great video!
Beautiful dashboard. As Michael Knight put it in season 1, episode 1: “it looks like Darth Vader’s bathroom.”
i can't wait for the second episode!
Hard at work on it now! It's possibly even better than the first!
@@RetroRecipes i hope so , so much!
👍brings back memories! Love it
This is the most perfect KITT car. If I had any money I would go for this one.
It'll be even more historical, one day, if William Daniels allowed to assist, can provide his voice data and transfer them to 15.ai or any other voice capturing devices to be used for future smart cars, Siri & equivalents are nice, but KITT's voice is always the best & iconic to car lovers worldwide. Today's voices may only be used for normal navigations & weather news, but one day, if possible, KITT can become your car friend too
That’s one beautiful looking car 🤩
Still the best looking car ever
My dream knight rider K.I.T.T
Wow, pretty interesting! I guess my question about the molds is: Those look like the dash and other related parts instead of the negatives. So how would the new dash, etc. positives be made from those?
As a Gen X'er, I can't help but feel K.I.T.T owes his awesomeness to Sid & Marty Krofft. Without WONDERBUG, would there have ever been a K.I.T.T.? LOL
I am so jealous of you I love kitt and Knight rider. I spoke to the voice of kitt a few months back. Because I have just got a Knight rider app on my phone
Great episode!
Hey this seems like a nice project for Rich Rebuilds!
Now, a KITT scanner on the front of my black type-R... I'd pay money to see that recipe 🤑
It's called a " Larson Scanner" because Glen A. Larson love to use them his shows, maybe he invented them, not sure. Check out the Cylons in the original Battlestar Galactica series for example.
Totally awesome
Loved this and that car must be mine, maybe in my dreams haha. Great little video as always guys thanks a lot and am so looking forward to the next one. Until then take care and have a great rest of the weekend.
It's very evident that you're fangirling so hard while you're in that KITT replica. 🤣
Someone should do an LS swap on a Kitt car! Those 80’s engines were too slow! But I still love it! Lol! Closest I ever got was a Knight Rider big wheel when I was a kid! 🤣
That is nice
100% AWESOME
William Daniels, legend
Did he drove around with that official license plate?
Yes and he says he's never stopped for the plate, just to take photos with cops ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hi Kitt, I'm a friend🤖 and you are a very nice car ! ☻️
He should have gotten a replica badge for the Foundation for Law And Government made to show the cops when he gets pulled over. 😏
WOW... BEAUTIFUL CAR... AND OF COURSE, CALIFORNIA, NOT HERE IN COLD CANADA...! BUT I WANT ONE... BUT YOUR TESLA, IS COMING ALONG GREAT... IF ONLY MR. TESLA HIMSELF WOULD STILL BE OR NOT DIE MYSTERIOUSLY, WELL... WE WOULD HAVE MANY THINGS BUT ... JUST SAYING...!!! AGAIN GREAT VIDEO!
Some bodywork needs to be addressed on this one.
This is amazing!
And now you've got one.🎉
Very cool indeed. :-) The irony of this "high tech" car having a lack of standard modern safety equipment is causing some conflicts in my head! If only Turbo Boost really works you could negate not having an airbag when driving towards a brick wall or an oncoming vehicle! (I'm aware the cars used for those stunts didn't have the wonderful KITT interior and were often severely damaged when landing. Cars aren't built for flying, especially landing! LOL!)
What's mentioned in the actual Knight Rider show is that K.I.T.T. features an invisible restraining system. That's also why you AFAIK never see Michael Knight with a seatbelt on.
I’m surprised with all the voice files they have they have not giving him a Seri or Alexa overhaul for more of an real experience.
I'm actually working on that!
kinda insane that what once was a dream thing is now reality
Awesome KITT brother! 👍👍
Where is the Atari joystick to play Intellivision’s Auto Race?
Coming next weekend funny enough!
Very nice
Yall can always put All episodes into one car
Cool but rob never had TV series molds,his molds were self made and not accurate this has been talked about on the KR forums,cool it is licensed but not 100% accurate
Interesting. He said he bought them from universal, according to a reliable source ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
did it say Knight Industries Two Thousand on the door trim in the inside never seen it on the show I remember of
Begun, the Kitt Clone War has… 🙂
I love this channel! is UNIQUE!
K.I.T.T. will live on forever K.I.T.T. RULES
Put on the Tesla Autopilot in its most advanced iteration and u have a good replica although not even close obviously, to the K.I.T.T fictional Autopilot wich was at level 100.
You’d enjoy my recent videos converting my Tesla to KITT!
Christian..... What was the episode of Knight Rider you took that clip from where they are shooting at the car.
I'm sorry I don't remember but I'm sure someone will respond who does!
@@RetroRecipes 👍
The episode name is "No Big Thing"
@@KRHExclusives Good looking out dude! 👊
So freaking cool. Thanks!
Question, why is there an "EJECT L" button and in what circumstance would the driver need to dramatically remove himself from his vehicle, presuming he's driving it at the time?
The Eject L was used a few times, specifically to "boost" Michael up to a roof top, or ledge, etc...
As well as boosting Michael onto ledges etc it would be if someone stole KITT and drive him off. They could be ejected from the car.
@@DeadlyAura76 And in the pilot, we see exactly this!
There is SO MUCH misinformation in this video. Michael Scheffe NEVER had possession of the fiberglass molds for KITT parts. So, how could he sell them to Rob Louisell?
Listen at 3:30. I say he perhaps didn’t get them from Scheffe. This was all fact checked before publishing. I believe that to be as close to the truth as anyone knows all these years later. There’s a difference between misinformation (intentional misleading) and trying to tell a story with facts nearly 40 years old.
umm when you talking about taking the car and he mentioned it has no key to the whole world, I think he about started to cry .
I'd pay at least 20 quid to get Mr Daniels voice as kitt on my waze! Is it not possible now?
So awesome!!!
Wow 😯
Hero ❤️
My fav TV car of all time... We have quite a few K.I.T.T's here in the UK. Got up close to one when I went to a car show. Way back in 2009! ua-cam.com/video/HgOGMJGrVWE/v-deo.html
I have 2 of the model TV used in the original car. do you know if its possible to get measurements of the dash so I can get them into an accurate reproduction?
Check out the Knight Rider groups on Facebook!
Does anybody know what happened to the molds that Rob had do you sell them off to somebody else or does he still have them
At least this time the Christmas tree isnt Charlie Browns. LOL
Yeah definite improvement over the many years it took me to grow that mustachio!