In article <kbt21316imv8k9omkl2pa99fljge3cmpe3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Charles S.
Galloway <CSGalloway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> DUBLIN, Calif. - 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 dealer****p. 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 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 im****tant, 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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The restrictions for qualifying as "street legal" are often waived for
some types of vehicles (eg. vintage cars) and a real Knight Rider car
with do***ented proof of it being so may also qualify ... but I doubt
anyone with enough spare money to buy it is going to want to drive it
that much anyway.
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