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Christian .. You forgot to visit the first KITTesla !! .. the first Model S (Prototype) is there.. >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ...... this place is impressively amazing I know it for James (Metallica) Hetfield donation of guitars / cars collection... >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ... and the rest.. on man!! .. KITT is in the vault?? look what's around him >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html The original time machine from Universal >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html .. Tim Burton 1989 Batmobile >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html .. This tree carbon fiber McLaren 🤤🤤>> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html next to Tony Stark "exploding" Car .... the two hours tour during the pandemic was epic >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ..
We were honored to have you are our guest! KITT said you were "acceptable human" which is a pretty big compliment coming from him. A more in depth look at this car will be coming soon on the Knight Rider Historians channel!
Wow I’ll take that as a huge compliment coming from him! Thanks so much for your generosity of sharing this with me and thus with us all here on RUclips. 🙏
Like Perifractic, I grew up with KITT as the coolest car to ever grace the small screen. I still think so, and while I'll probably never get to visit KITT for myself, I'm grateful for the glimpse you have given us on his channel. And I'll definitely be following your channel! :)
@@digibitz322 I had some of my friends do that in Finland too around the mid-80s. They got colour prints though. And I heard it was quite expensive as well, probably the same value. But it was all too cool so they queued up and took the photo. Many of them still have it.
That chap who owns the car was soooo welcoming and totally understood the assignment. What a great guy! I'm glad there are people like that in the world. Best wishes from the UK!
@@RetroRecipes Until I read this comment, I was fooled in believing that was his own KITT. Something was a miss then in that whole interview. Misleading that it was not his personally.
@@WW-wf8tu You've misunderstood. That is his KITT, and I'm saying he deserves it, present tense. He owns that screen used KITT and has loaned it to the museum.
In the early 1980s, an inventor in Malaysia named Zulkifli Harun succeeded in building a computerized car that could drive itself at the command of its owner and it was nicknamed the "ghost car" because its function is the same as modern self-driving cars today. In the 2000s, he modified a van with a self-driving system specifically to help people with disabilities.
The incredible thing about this car is that, 40 years later, it still looks modern and powerful, much more beautiful than today's vehicles. Thanks to Glenn A. Larson and Universal Studios for bringing this and other wonderful TV series to the youth of the '80s, and to Stu Philips for the extraordinary theme song.
Right? I never feel like it's an outdated looking piece of tech unlike many other things. The inside is a different story but still looks complex enough to not look cheap or shoddy.
Not really but if fanboyism syndrome dictating counter logic definitions is a go to alternative to compare real world cars without non functional gimmicks of Kitt...ok.
That intro was really well acted and nailed the look of the original, very cool. Must feel very unreal to be inside the car you watched on TV as a kid, you'd never have expected that to ever happen.
Knight Rider was one of my favorite shows from my youth. As a kid born in '75, this hits all the nostalgia buttons. As many of us in the '80s, I made much of our cosplay items from markers, cardboard and masking tape. I recall creating a static scanner bar from crayola markers and cardboard and fastening it to my Huffy bike so that K.I.T.T. and I could ride around the neighborhood. I could be like Michael Knight, "a young loner on a crusade, to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless." I had the good fortune to to have my Dad take me to see one of the K.I.T.T.'s at the Fresno Fairgrounds at a show called Autorama sometime in the '80s. Somewhere, lost to the sands of time (and probably a refuse heap at this point) is an overpriced picture of me sitting in the drivers seat of K.I.T.T. Young me was just over the moon to be able to do that! Thank you AJ (and Joe) for all you have done to keep this awesome show and history of its vehicles alive, and thank you to Parifractic for your love of the show like so many of us from that time period. Blessings!
Friend, I am older than you, but I am happy for your testimony about the TV series of your childhood, in this case your favorite one KNIGHT RIDER. I'm from Brazil, and just like you, my childhood was very rich on television. Here passed true masterpieces of both cartoons and TV series, such as "Batman" of 1966, with Adam West and company, "Lost in the space", "Bewitched", "Land of the Giants", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", and the classic cartoons of Hanna-Barbera such as "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Sorry for the long text... but I was also moved, not only by your testimony but also by seeing K.I.T.T. again. God bless you, bro.
@@Thirdgen83 Correct. They had about 8 that were used on-screen, according to the Universal Studios tour guide when I was there in 1987.
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Amazing video! I almost cried at the end when you left the note saying « Kitt, thank you for my childhood ». That is exactly what I have felt like for 40 years and you just found the right words. 🥺🙏
I had a Camaro of that same year that I used to deliver thousands of pizzas in the mid 90s. I'm so impressed with the preservation of your KITT, as I remember the entire family of those cars being VERY fragile, for lack of a better word. The shift lever was mentioned in the video, and I doubt the original survived. I used to carry superglue with me because the button would spring off at random times, and I just had to keep it together. Those interior door handles were a big problem too. They were made of some sort of random GM "Metal" that looked like a mix of dull glitter and sand when it would break. Really neat to see it in the shape I always imagined it, and not the state I experienced.
I think the Firebirds were better built than the Camaros. I have a '99 Trans Am, and the shift lever is still original. The leather has shrunk off around it, but the button works just fine. What I've had to keep replacing is the hatch for the center console. I lean on it with my elbow when I get in, and its plastic and foam construction suffers from that. I've had no trouble with the inside door levers, either.
A few years ago I bought a late 80s Chevy Camaro IROC-Z. The car was in great condition, but the headliner needed repairing. When GM built these cars their headliners were made by glueing the sponged fabric to a pressed paper cardboard. Leaking T-tops over time, made them vulnerable swelling. I found someone online who was selling a molded fiberglass piece where the headliner fabric was supposed to be applied. When I went to pick up the product. The seller turned out to be the guy who fabricated the interior parts for the Trans Am on Kningh Rider. He had several pictures and older parts in his garage that convinced me that he was authentic.
So awesome to have a chance to meet a real KITT! You deserve it! That end bit put tears in my eyes. It is so kind and what we KR fans are all thinking.
This was so awesome to watch! I actually happen to have KITT voiced by William Daniels himself in my old TomTom navigator. KITT would always engage the Super Pursuit Mode when we entered the motorway. I’d love to get that KITT app on my iPhone, though.
You guys just made my year..... I don't know what came over me for a second but I'm speechless... Kitt is part of our childhood. I use to be glued to the TV when it came on. Man the good old Days... To me this car is the best automobile ever created hands down.... By the way I'm downloading the Kitt App right now.... Stay blessed and thank you for sharing this moment with us.!
I too had a lump in my throat when I watched you walk up those stairs! Knight Rider was a huge part of my childhood and this episode reminded me of not only that series, but the life back then. Thank you so much for making this series, for allowing us to follow your journey and see the amazing sights! You and your better half make your videos pop with life and enthusiasm! What a truly amazing time this is!
What a great video. Have actually been watching a lot of the commentaries AJ has on his channel as I love the back story to the cars used, behind the scenes, etc, but to see him in person was great. Think he loved having someone appreciate KITT and Knight Rider as much as him! What a great bloke.
I've been following Knight Rider Historians since they obtained the FLAG Trailer used in the show. They had just begun stripping it down to start a restoration on it. You know these guys will give the semi-truck and the trailer the same love and attention that all the KITT cars have gotten.
One can tell how dedicated AJ is to preserving and maintaining it. Love how he keeps staring at the host's face with those eyes pleading for approval, just like how my kid looks at his friends fawning over the Lego toy he painstakingly put together. It's almost like he's 12 years old again... I'd be the same if I owned that KITT!
I've followed Knight Rider Historians for a while now, but to have this honor to visit and see one of the originals is an awesome experience!!! I'm hoping to see one of these originals with the semi one day, since Knight Rider Historians owns the FLAG semi and trailer now as well. Truly epic times!!!!!
Thank you very much for making this video! When you showed the image of K.I.T.T. on the Car Show tour, it suddenly hit me... I sat in THAT VERY K.I.T.T. when I was around 12 years old!!! Realizing that brought a few tears. Knight Rider was one of my all-time favorite shows growing up, and to discover the very car I sat in as a child survived... well... it was a very moving moment for me. I wish I could see it again, and even more, to allow my son to have the opportunity, but alas, it will have to be a dream.
@@peteralexander3791 It's the same one. Knight Rider Historians owns it (they own 2 of the screen used cars, plus the semi and trailer). Go to their channel, shortly after this video they did a video where they list every single car used on the show and what happened to it. There were about 25, 5 survive today.
Thank you to the Knight rider historians, for keeping KITT in good standing order. I like many kids watched knight rider as a child, they are some of my happiest memories when life wasn't so complicated.
Just good - wholesome fun, Peri. I envy this experience enormously, and thank you very much for sharing it with us. The genuine emotion and investment expressed throughout the video was really touching. Can't wait to see what more is to come.
To see the enthusiasm genuine excitement and emotion of the guy geeking so hard on this car is incredible. You can actually feel what he is feeling before he climbs inside. It’s like he’s achieved a lifelong ambition. So nice and brilliant to see
The childhood version of me would be holding back a tear at your sincerity, especially with the sentimental note at the end. Thanks, from the UK for your thoughtful content. You have to be the sweetest couple on YT!
Getting goosebumps.. I am from India and we may have watched with a 5 year lag.. I was 5 when I watched it on our national television (just one channel back then) in 1989.. the Pontiac Trans on it's own is pretty stylish
Oh my gosh.. this brought me to tears too.. Beautiful K.I.T.T... just sitting there and you are so lucky to sit and be around K.I.T.T... to me he was real and alive.. that is why I would love to go see him and I think I would never leave... only car I fell in love with and watched all the seasons over and over and this is unreal... Thank you for sharing.. this amazing experience and loved it when you put the CPU of K.I.T.T. in the car.. that was just magical...!!!! Crikey.. ! ❤❤👌👌
From your excitement at first seeing KITT to the hilarious app actually IN KITT this has been a fabulous episode. I have been waiting for ЯR and KRH to converge, and it's been great!
Did anyone else cry like a baby when KITT fell into the pit (or sink hole, don't recall I was young lol). I can't forget that feeling of despair when I thought he really died.
I sat in one of those KITTs that went on auto show tours as a kid. Had to be 83... 84? When I got in, a recording announced "Welcome to the Knight Industries Two Thousand. But you can call me KITT." Highlight of my young teen life. lol
What an absolute honour you had to experience the original show car. I can only imagine what you felt seeing it in the flesh but I did have a tear in my eye when you actually see KITT for the first time. Congratulations to you and ladyfractic for yet another fabulous nostalgic episode. Very jealous of you both lol but thank you for sharing your experience with us all here
The conversation with K.I.T.T had me laughing so hard. Thanks I needed that. Such a trip down memory lane. I absolutely loved this show as a kid. So good to see he is being looked after. I also loved your version using the Tesla Model 3. Very Cool. 🤩🤩
You have to appreciate the passion both of them have .. its nice to see two people genuinely happy and appreciating something... also the Knight rider historian looks like christrian von koenigsegg
Greetings from Sweden. Seeing you walk up to K.I.T.T made me feel otherly stunned. People can get starstrucked in front of celebrities but this the actual K.I.T.T we´re talking about. I would probably fall to my knees. Great episode and AJ was awesome
I love it! And I love how y’all did the montage of the show’s title sequence of all 4 seasons of Knight Rider, and extra bonus points for using the music of Knight Rider 2000. This is one of my favorite shows and I always wanted my own K.I.T.T. I have the chance to see a couple of the @KnightRiderHistorians videos here on RUclips and I actually tear up a little. Thank you for living my dream, and hopefully you guys and KRH team up for another video
There are actually 5 remaining. There were more than 2 dozen cars used throughout the show, only 5 survive today. All the ones from the train wreck had to be crushed due to the contract. Also, all of the cars used a lot of Hollywood smoke and mirrors, there wasn't 1 KITT.
Very nice, it recall all kind of memories about my childhood, where Knight Rider (together with Airwolf - remember those - and The A-team) was the thing I didn't want to miss... I saw Michael and KITT as heroes and wanted to be like them (who wouldn't as 10-year old). I remember dreaming about driving KITT one day and be planet saving hero myself and it's good to know that some cars survived the time and can be visited. Thanks for taking care of such precious memories!
My dream car! Was Obsessed with Kitt as a kid here in Nigeria 🇳🇬. Whenever an episode ended, I would feel sad. And then the excitement would come when it started. No mobile phones, internet then. We would wait for days for a new episode.
I had a super big smile on my face watching this oh and am not jealous one bit 😂. You must of felt like a kid at Xmas sitting in that car as always love this video and great camera work Ladyfratic. Looking forwat to the next one so until then take care and have a great weekend 🙂
Good work on this Christian I just found the Knight Rider Historians this summer here on RUclips. I can’t wait to see how Joe who’s also from that channel restores the semi the 84 GMC General & the 77 Dorsey trailer fun fact Joe also owns the second surviving KITT car too.
What a great video! So many fond memories of Knight Rider i was 13 when the series first appeared on uk tv. Such good times. The A Team,Airwolf,The Fall guy ,Street Hawk and The Dukes of Hazzard. Classics!
Man this has hit every nostalgia button for me.. I too grew up watching knight rider as in the 80's and remember being devastated when the show got axed. The only thing that could possibly be cooler than this was if David Hasselhoff had shown up while you guys were talking.
I am from Sri Lanka and one of my favorite tv series when I was in my childhood and we had watched tv only for this tv series in Ninteens and waited for next week to watch the next episode.. thanks a lot Knight Rider and Michael...!
I loved watching Knight Rider growing up. I saw one of these cars at Carl Casper's Custom Auto Show in Louisville, KY probably around 1986. I have had the honor to sit in a replica car at a car show in 2011. I got to start it. Why have I heard all my life there are no originals because of a deal Pontiac made universal agree dis-assemble all the show cars so none would remain?
I'm a big pontiac lover and I'm sure that Kit would be an antique in about 51 years I love kit because of his red flasher by the grill great job who ever designed this true beautiful piece of Art ❤
Ooh wow! I now see it was a dual panavision camera rig on the car. I thought it was all shot using a single camera. Those Panavisions were expensive to rent especially for a tv show. And surely they must have had a second unit and perhaps even special effects unit too. I’m fascinated by the logistics of those old TV shows. Because they had so little money and they were effects and stunt heavy. And shot on film which is a slow process in its own right. Quite a remarkable feat!
AJ (Knight Rider Historians) has commentary videos on pretty much every Knight Rider episode and goes into minute detail for each one - definitely worth watching. AJ is a great bloke with so much passion for KNight Rider.
Awesome video! Thank you! Tons of great stuff. What might be most impressive is at 5:00 mark the desert road aerial still looks the same as it did back then, even the bushes! unbelievable!
It's funny, a lot of the shows of my childhood are being shown on UK television right now, Airwolf, A-Team, Battlestar Galactica, Hart to Hart etc etc. Watching them all again provokes a lot of nostalgia, but none of them really stand up to re-watching as much as Knight Rider. It was the true king of that era of the golden age of US television......in my humble opinion. Still no Automan re-runs........
@@RetroRecipes It varies, and they move from channel to channel. The main culprit tends to be a channel called Great TV, although Knight Rider hasn't been on for a while and it's not streaming anywhere here right now. Still, the OG Magnum PI has just started on ITV4, so plenty to get on with for now....
In case you missed it in the credits and haven’t yet discovered his channel, look up Enzo Music on RUclips and prepare to wet the bed with excitement as your childhood comes alive again!
Love the videos from both channels with New and old KITT and here in the UK and a channel I get to start watching KR from episode 1 next week. My child unleashed again.
Aww guys awesome video. Knight Rider Historians rock. When you put the note in the boot (trunk!) and then we got to read it, I actually shed a tear. I believe we are probably of similar ages (I'm 51) so I know you understand. Thankyou!
I still have my matchbox kitt and general Lee. They have always been my two favorite movie cars. It's really cool to learn all of the reasons for things and what the buttons were. Excellent video. Thank you.
Man!! That sticky note he left in Kitt at the end almost made me cry! Knight Rider was a big part of my childhood also ❤ I had an 83 Pontiac Trans Am in my teens,black with the tan interior and running lights in the dash, I felt like I was driving my own Kitt back in the day 😢. This was very nostalgic and now at 41 yrs old I am still a big fan of the show and vehicle.Thank you guys for the trip down memory lane! Back when I was the happiest and didn't even know it 😭.
KITT thanks you for watching! Ready for a behind-the-scenes ЯR experience? 👾 Check out *Retro Recipes PowerUp!* 🚀 perifractic.com/powerup 📼 Dive into bonus videos, get an early start on main vids, jam out to ЯR music, see your name in lights & more! ✨ By supporting the heart and soul of ЯR you help us keep the channel & nostalgia alive 🙌 And give ruclips.net/user/KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial a subscribe to support the preservation work 🙏 BTW the scanner PCB is hidden to prevent more fake “real KITTs” being cloned.
I think that link should be ruclips.net/user/KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial
The link is wrong ;) ruclips.net/user/KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial
@@vardekpetrovic9716 Haha she’s 5’8” and I’m 6’3”. David is 6’4” so it’s no wonder they modified the seat for him.
@@RetroRecipes it's missing "Official": ruclips.net/user/KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial
Christian .. You forgot to visit the first KITTesla !! .. the first Model S (Prototype) is there.. >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ...... this place is impressively amazing I know it for James (Metallica) Hetfield donation of guitars / cars collection... >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ... and the rest.. on man!! .. KITT is in the vault?? look what's around him >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html
The original time machine from Universal >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ..
Tim Burton 1989 Batmobile >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ..
This tree carbon fiber McLaren 🤤🤤>> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html next to Tony Stark "exploding" Car .... the two hours tour during the pandemic was epic >> ruclips.net/video/DujeiUh9tuw/видео.html ..
We were honored to have you are our guest! KITT said you were "acceptable human" which is a pretty big compliment coming from him. A more in depth look at this car will be coming soon on the Knight Rider Historians channel!
Wow I’ll take that as a huge compliment coming from him! Thanks so much for your generosity of sharing this with me and thus with us all here on RUclips. 🙏
Thank you for allowing this great episode.
Like Perifractic, I grew up with KITT as the coolest car to ever grace the small screen. I still think so, and while I'll probably never get to visit KITT for myself, I'm grateful for the glimpse you have given us on his channel. And I'll definitely be following your channel! :)
@@digibitz322 I had some of my friends do that in Finland too around the mid-80s. They got colour prints though. And I heard it was quite expensive as well, probably the same value. But it was all too cool so they queued up and took the photo. Many of them still have it.
Saw one in Australia at Expo oz in 1988
That chap who owns the car was soooo welcoming and totally understood the assignment. What a great guy! I'm glad there are people like that in the world. Best wishes from the UK!
Yup AJ was a gracious host and deserves to own a real KITT
your welcome
Yes very knowledgeable with a great personality.
@@RetroRecipes Until I read this comment, I was fooled in believing that was his own KITT. Something was a miss then in that whole interview. Misleading that it was not his personally.
@@WW-wf8tu You've misunderstood. That is his KITT, and I'm saying he deserves it, present tense. He owns that screen used KITT and has loaned it to the museum.
I'm 47 and still get goosebumps whenever I see KITT! Glad that you and the most excellent Knight Rider Historians are keeping the spirit alive.
In the early 1980s, an inventor in Malaysia named Zulkifli Harun succeeded in building a computerized car that could drive itself at the command of its owner and it was nicknamed the "ghost car" because its function is the same as modern self-driving cars today.
In the 2000s, he modified a van with a self-driving system specifically to help people with disabilities.
The sight of two grown men having a conversation with kitt is priceless.
It really was!
They're not grown men in that moment.
They're boys in the 1980s.
@@RetroRecipesI wood talk to MY MOTHER THE CAR
Brilliant video guys. For the shortest of time I was back in 1982, 12 years old with floods of nostalgia sweeping over me.
If you were a kid in the 80s, this was the coolest car you'd ever see.
Magnum's Ferrari was pretty sweet
@Peter Alexander Loved all three shows but KITT was by far the coolest. Not only a prop/set but also an integral character. Airwolf was my other fav.
uhm the testarossa from miami vice?
There was a music video with a white Lamborghini Diablo in it that was pretty cool, but K.I.T.T. was better loved by millions.
Also the hardcastle and mccormick car. holy smokes
The incredible thing about this car is that, 40 years later, it still looks modern and powerful, much more beautiful than today's vehicles. Thanks to Glenn A. Larson and Universal Studios for bringing this and other wonderful TV series to the youth of the '80s, and to Stu Philips for the extraordinary theme song.
Right? I never feel like it's an outdated looking piece of tech unlike many other things. The inside is a different story but still looks complex enough to not look cheap or shoddy.
No not as nice looking as todays cars but still a cool old car
Since everything returns, waiting for an '80s design revival.
Not really but if fanboyism syndrome dictating counter logic definitions is a go to alternative to compare real world cars without non functional gimmicks of Kitt...ok.
It is not a great car. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
This was so well put together. Thank you for this!!!
Kitt, thank you for my childhood memories as well ❤
That intro was really well acted and nailed the look of the original, very cool. Must feel very unreal to be inside the car you watched on TV as a kid, you'd never have expected that to ever happen.
It really was unreal. I still have to pinch myself.
The intro to this was brilliantly done! Well done!
Totally agree. Great production!
Yeah that intro was fantastic.
Knight Rider was one of my favorite shows from my youth. As a kid born in '75, this hits all the nostalgia buttons. As many of us in the '80s, I made much of our cosplay items from markers, cardboard and masking tape. I recall creating a static scanner bar from crayola markers and cardboard and fastening it to my Huffy bike so that K.I.T.T. and I could ride around the neighborhood. I could be like Michael Knight, "a young loner on a crusade, to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless." I had the good fortune to to have my Dad take me to see one of the K.I.T.T.'s at the Fresno Fairgrounds at a show called Autorama sometime in the '80s. Somewhere, lost to the sands of time (and probably a refuse heap at this point) is an overpriced picture of me sitting in the drivers seat of K.I.T.T. Young me was just over the moon to be able to do that! Thank you AJ (and Joe) for all you have done to keep this awesome show and history of its vehicles alive, and thank you to Parifractic for your love of the show like so many of us from that time period. Blessings!
Friend, I am older than you, but I am happy for your testimony about the TV series of your childhood, in this case your favorite one KNIGHT RIDER.
I'm from Brazil, and just like you, my childhood was very rich on television. Here passed true masterpieces of both cartoons and TV series, such as "Batman" of 1966, with Adam West and company, "Lost in the space", "Bewitched", "Land of the Giants", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", and the classic cartoons of Hanna-Barbera such as "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Sorry for the long text... but I was also moved, not only by your testimony but also by seeing K.I.T.T. again.
God bless you, bro.
I was born in 1975 to
Your dad made a badass dadmove taking you to see that car, knowing how much you liked it. I'm sure he enjoyed it as much or even more than you did.
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Always will be the coolest car ever designed. And this is the actual one from the show. Thanks for sharing!
Knight Rider was my favorite show but I still think "The Wraith" had a cooler car.
Facts
@@AIexHernandez blasphemy!
It's ONE OF the cars from the show.
@@Thirdgen83 Correct. They had about 8 that were used on-screen, according to the Universal Studios tour guide when I was there in 1987.
Amazing video! I almost cried at the end when you left the note saying « Kitt, thank you for my childhood ». That is exactly what I have felt like for 40 years and you just found the right words. 🥺🙏
I had a Camaro of that same year that I used to deliver thousands of pizzas in the mid 90s. I'm so impressed with the preservation of your KITT, as I remember the entire family of those cars being VERY fragile, for lack of a better word. The shift lever was mentioned in the video, and I doubt the original survived. I used to carry superglue with me because the button would spring off at random times, and I just had to keep it together. Those interior door handles were a big problem too. They were made of some sort of random GM "Metal" that looked like a mix of dull glitter and sand when it would break. Really neat to see it in the shape I always imagined it, and not the state I experienced.
I think the Firebirds were better built than the Camaros.
I have a '99 Trans Am, and the shift lever is still original. The leather has shrunk off around it, but the button works just fine.
What I've had to keep replacing is the hatch for the center console. I lean on it with my elbow when I get in, and its plastic and foam construction suffers from that.
I've had no trouble with the inside door levers, either.
A few years ago I bought a late 80s Chevy Camaro IROC-Z. The car was in great condition, but the headliner needed repairing. When GM built these cars their headliners were made by glueing the sponged fabric to a pressed paper cardboard. Leaking T-tops over time, made them vulnerable swelling. I found someone online who was selling a molded fiberglass piece where the headliner fabric was supposed to be applied. When I went to pick up the product. The seller turned out to be the guy who fabricated the interior parts for the Trans Am on Kningh Rider. He had several pictures and older parts in his garage that convinced me that he was authentic.
So awesome to have a chance to meet a real KITT! You deserve it!
That end bit put tears in my eyes. It is so kind and what we KR fans are all thinking.
Futuristic car ,used to love this as a 6year old
This was so awesome to watch! I actually happen to have KITT voiced by William Daniels himself in my old TomTom navigator. KITT would always engage the Super Pursuit Mode when we entered the motorway. I’d love to get that KITT app on my iPhone, though.
You guys just made my year..... I don't know what came over me for a second but I'm speechless... Kitt is part of our childhood. I use to be glued to the TV when it came on. Man the good old Days... To me this car is the best automobile ever created hands down.... By the way I'm downloading the Kitt App right now.... Stay blessed and thank you for sharing this moment with us.!
I too had a lump in my throat when I watched you walk up those stairs!
Knight Rider was a huge part of my childhood and this episode reminded me of not only that series, but the life back then.
Thank you so much for making this series, for allowing us to follow your journey and see the amazing sights!
You and your better half make your videos pop with life and enthusiasm!
What a truly amazing time this is!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
The only thing left to do it convert this Car into a Self Driving Tesla, and integrate a A.I. Text to Speak with all the TV shows in it's memory bank.
What a great video. Have actually been watching a lot of the commentaries AJ has on his channel as I love the back story to the cars used, behind the scenes, etc, but to see him in person was great. Think he loved having someone appreciate KITT and Knight Rider as much as him! What a great bloke.
I grew up watching this show and others , this is one of my favorites !! Thx for the tour !!!
Sir, this is an absolutely amazing recipode! Thank you for letting us tour this amazing piece of TV history with you.
So nice of you. My pleasure!
Loved this, and AJ seems such a nice bloke.
reminds me never missed this when i was child..greetings from Malaysia
I've been following Knight Rider Historians since they obtained the FLAG Trailer used in the show. They had just begun stripping it down to start a restoration on it. You know these guys will give the semi-truck and the trailer the same love and attention that all the KITT cars have gotten.
Only Goliath is missing now and could be out there somewhere
One can tell how dedicated AJ is to preserving and maintaining it. Love how he keeps staring at the host's face with those eyes pleading for approval, just like how my kid looks at his friends fawning over the Lego toy he painstakingly put together. It's almost like he's 12 years old again... I'd be the same if I owned that KITT!
This was a FANTASTIC episode! Perifractic and AJ together?!?! Mind blown.
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I've followed Knight Rider Historians for a while now, but to have this honor to visit and see one of the originals is an awesome experience!!! I'm hoping to see one of these originals with the semi one day, since Knight Rider Historians owns the FLAG semi and trailer now as well. Truly epic times!!!!!
Must've been REALLY cool to get to do this !!! The acutal car from the show...(spruced up a bit, but hey, still the bones !)
Thank you very much for making this video! When you showed the image of K.I.T.T. on the Car Show tour, it suddenly hit me... I sat in THAT VERY K.I.T.T. when I was around 12 years old!!! Realizing that brought a few tears. Knight Rider was one of my all-time favorite shows growing up, and to discover the very car I sat in as a child survived... well... it was a very moving moment for me. I wish I could see it again, and even more, to allow my son to have the opportunity, but alas, it will have to be a dream.
@@peteralexander3791 It's the same one. Knight Rider Historians owns it (they own 2 of the screen used cars, plus the semi and trailer). Go to their channel, shortly after this video they did a video where they list every single car used on the show and what happened to it. There were about 25, 5 survive today.
@@peteralexander3791 No, there were around 25 total used in the show. 5 survive today, with a 6th being unknown.
Thank you to the Knight rider historians, for keeping KITT in good standing order. I like many kids watched knight rider as a child, they are some of my happiest memories when life wasn't so complicated.
Just good - wholesome fun, Peri. I envy this experience enormously, and thank you very much for sharing it with us. The genuine emotion and investment expressed throughout the video was really touching.
Can't wait to see what more is to come.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
I saw one of the cars about 20 years ago at the Cars of the Stars museum in Keswick, UK.
That’s the one I saw too!
@@RetroRecipes Care to see it again? We can arrange this....only much closer the next time...
@@KRHExclusives AGHHHH! Is this the one in Vegas now? Obviously the answer is yes. :-D
Bravo guys! Amazing this is still available to experience! Thank you!
To see the enthusiasm genuine excitement and emotion of the guy geeking so hard on this car is incredible. You can actually feel what he is feeling before he climbs inside.
It’s like he’s achieved a lifelong ambition. So nice and brilliant to see
Wow Chris! This is episode is the greatest one, mate. I have no words, just amazing. You found a real KITT.
Thanks!! I’m very lucky.
Hi kitt I am a friend of yours you are my favorite 🚗.
It was only a matter of time that these two channels got together, cheers! you have made my Saturday!
Yes!!
This man just saved everyone's childhood dream. KITT is like the Mona Lisa ,but a lot cooler. Thank you Sir!!!
The childhood version of me would be holding back a tear at your sincerity, especially with the sentimental note at the end.
Thanks, from the UK for your thoughtful content. You have to be the sweetest couple on YT!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Getting goosebumps.. I am from India and we may have watched with a 5 year lag.. I was 5 when I watched it on our national television (just one channel back then) in 1989.. the Pontiac Trans on it's own is pretty stylish
I’m crying watching this that car was my child hood and still old as gorgeous now as he did then ❤
Thank you Kitt for being there xxx
Incredible job AJ! Really nice video. The ending may or may have not got me a little teary eyed. Done right, and thank you for that ending.
Oh my gosh.. this brought me to tears too.. Beautiful K.I.T.T... just sitting there and you are so lucky to sit and be around K.I.T.T... to me he was real and alive.. that is why I would love to go see him and I think I would never leave... only car I fell in love with and watched all the seasons over and over and this is unreal... Thank you for sharing.. this amazing experience and loved it when you put the CPU of K.I.T.T. in the car.. that was just magical...!!!! Crikey.. ! ❤❤👌👌
From your excitement at first seeing KITT to the hilarious app actually IN KITT this has been a fabulous episode. I have been waiting for ЯR and KRH to converge, and it's been great!
Seems a few people were waiting for that. What an honour!
Did anyone else cry like a baby when KITT fell into the pit (or sink hole, don't recall I was young lol). I can't forget that feeling of despair when I thought he really died.
I sat in one of those KITTs that went on auto show tours as a kid. Had to be 83... 84? When I got in, a recording announced "Welcome to the Knight Industries Two Thousand. But you can call me KITT." Highlight of my young teen life. lol
Oh my, this was pure magic. 2022 just got a lot better. Amazing, how very emotional. Congratulations.
Im SO happy for you! And what a privilidge to be invited to this retro party 😊👍
What a beauty! Knight rider plays on loop at my work everyday lol. Love that show and KITT!
What an absolute honour you had to experience the original show car. I can only imagine what you felt seeing it in the flesh but I did have a tear in my eye when you actually see KITT for the first time. Congratulations to you and ladyfractic for yet another fabulous nostalgic episode. Very jealous of you both lol but thank you for sharing your experience with us all here
Love it ☺️ and the theme from knight rider 2000 👍
Thanks 😁
The conversation with K.I.T.T had me laughing so hard. Thanks I needed that. Such a trip down memory lane. I absolutely loved this show as a kid. So good to see he is being looked after. I also loved your version using the Tesla Model 3. Very Cool. 🤩🤩
Brilliant..... Loved the series as a child. 👍👍
You have to appreciate the passion both of them have .. its nice to see two people genuinely happy and appreciating something... also the Knight rider historian looks like christrian von koenigsegg
Sounds daft but I got choked up! Absolutely loved this series as a young lad.... 58 now 😳
This was quite emotional for me. Cant imagine what it was like to sit in it. Incredible!
This was the most touching episode I have ever seen. I too hope one day I could visit my childhood hero... KITT. We love you.
Greetings from Sweden. Seeing you walk up to K.I.T.T made me feel otherly stunned.
People can get starstrucked in front of celebrities but this the actual K.I.T.T we´re talking about.
I would probably fall to my knees. Great episode and AJ was awesome
I love it! And I love how y’all did the montage of the show’s title sequence of all 4 seasons of Knight Rider, and extra bonus points for using the music of Knight Rider 2000. This is one of my favorite shows and I always wanted my own K.I.T.T. I have the chance to see a couple of the @KnightRiderHistorians videos here on RUclips and I actually tear up a little. Thank you for living my dream, and hopefully you guys and KRH team up for another video
It's nice to see kitt is alive and well taken care of. I loved the last scene it felt like it was a thank you note from all of us who loved this show.
That’s _exactly_ what I hoped you’d feel. Thank you.
There are actually 5 remaining. There were more than 2 dozen cars used throughout the show, only 5 survive today. All the ones from the train wreck had to be crushed due to the contract. Also, all of the cars used a lot of Hollywood smoke and mirrors, there wasn't 1 KITT.
Wow ! it an amazing conversation also the sight of two grown men having a conversation with KITT is priceless ❤I'm watching this here from Sri Lanka
Very nice, it recall all kind of memories about my childhood, where Knight Rider (together with Airwolf - remember those - and The A-team) was the thing I didn't want to miss... I saw Michael and KITT as heroes and wanted to be like them (who wouldn't as 10-year old). I remember dreaming about driving KITT one day and be planet saving hero myself and it's good to know that some cars survived the time and can be visited. Thanks for taking care of such precious memories!
My dream car! Was Obsessed with Kitt as a kid here in Nigeria 🇳🇬.
Whenever an episode ended, I would feel sad. And then the excitement would come when it started.
No mobile phones, internet then. We would wait for days for a new episode.
My memorys will always live on knowing people like you legends exist thankyou and humbled to share your experiences with me
I had a super big smile on my face watching this oh and am not jealous one bit 😂. You must of felt like a kid at Xmas sitting in that car as always love this video and great camera work Ladyfratic. Looking forwat to the next one so until then take care and have a great weekend 🙂
Good work on this Christian I just found the Knight Rider Historians this summer here on RUclips. I can’t wait to see how Joe who’s also from that channel restores the semi the 84 GMC General & the 77 Dorsey trailer fun fact Joe also owns the second surviving KITT car too.
Amazing documentary.!!! This car and the show brings out our childhood and even today its the greatest show ever created .
I can't even begin to imagine how good it must have felt to actually sit behind the wheel.
Out of body experience.
Nothing like being a Nut Behind the Wheel
What a great video! So many fond memories of Knight Rider i was 13 when the series first appeared on uk tv. Such good times. The A Team,Airwolf,The Fall guy ,Street Hawk and The Dukes of Hazzard. Classics!
Man this has hit every nostalgia button for me.. I too grew up watching knight rider as in the 80's and remember being devastated when the show got axed. The only thing that could possibly be cooler than this was if David Hasselhoff had shown up while you guys were talking.
Yep, and at 1:29 Ms. Holdonaminute couldn't make a guy hold on a minute. lol
This was the dream car of every teenager approaching driving age in the late 80s.
I recall sitting in one of these in Universal studios in the 90’s; it was like a dream and nobody in school believed me
Chances are, the Knight Rider Historians have that very car you SAT in in the 90s too...chances are....
I am from Sri Lanka and one of my favorite tv series when I was in my childhood and we had watched tv only for this tv series in Ninteens and waited for next week to watch the next episode.. thanks a lot Knight Rider and Michael...!
You could say the car was fully Kitted out 😂
Loved watching thanks.
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I loved watching Knight Rider growing up. I saw one of these cars at Carl Casper's Custom Auto Show in Louisville, KY probably around 1986. I have had the honor to sit in a replica car at a car show in 2011. I got to start it.
Why have I heard all my life there are no originals because of a deal Pontiac made universal agree dis-assemble all the show cars so none would remain?
You heard right. A few cars weren’t under that agreement.
@@RetroRecipes I was hoping I could find the PICs of the car show easy. Guess it's gonna be a dig to find those PICs.
Came for the car.
Stayed for the wife.
With all due respect of course!
I'm a big pontiac lover and I'm sure that Kit would be an antique in about 51 years I love kit because of his red flasher by the grill great job who ever designed this true beautiful piece of Art ❤
Ooh wow! I now see it was a dual panavision camera rig on the car. I thought it was all shot using a single camera. Those Panavisions were expensive to rent especially for a tv show. And surely they must have had a second unit and perhaps even special effects unit too.
I’m fascinated by the logistics of those old TV shows. Because they had so little money and they were effects and stunt heavy. And shot on film which is a slow process in its own right. Quite a remarkable feat!
AJ (Knight Rider Historians) has commentary videos on pretty much every Knight Rider episode and goes into minute detail for each one - definitely worth watching. AJ is a great bloke with so much passion for KNight Rider.
26:18 I remember that KITT car at Universal too! I have a picture of me in the car! What a blast from the past Lady Fractic.
AJ is the coolest guy ever! It was a treat listnening to him and hearing him laugh! Thank you!!!
Awesome video! Thank you! Tons of great stuff. What might be most impressive is at 5:00 mark the desert road aerial still looks the same as it did back then, even the bushes! unbelievable!
It's funny, a lot of the shows of my childhood are being shown on UK television right now, Airwolf, A-Team, Battlestar Galactica, Hart to Hart etc etc. Watching them all again provokes a lot of nostalgia, but none of them really stand up to re-watching as much as Knight Rider. It was the true king of that era of the golden age of US television......in my humble opinion.
Still no Automan re-runs........
So true. What channel are they on? I loved Automan.
@@RetroRecipes It varies, and they move from channel to channel. The main culprit tends to be a channel called Great TV, although Knight Rider hasn't been on for a while and it's not streaming anywhere here right now.
Still, the OG Magnum PI has just started on ITV4, so plenty to get on with for now....
Automan and streethawk!
In case you missed it in the credits and haven’t yet discovered his channel, look up Enzo Music on RUclips and prepare to wet the bed with excitement as your childhood comes alive again!
Love the videos from both channels with New and old KITT and here in the UK and a channel I get to start watching KR from episode 1 next week. My child unleashed again.
Man this episode can make a grown man in tears. Wonderful. Thanks KRHO
This is my favorite car of all time! Thanks for featuring it. I am a fan of the Knight Rider series of before.
This car was way beyond imagination, 40 years still a timeless peace
I cried watching this episode. I am definitely one of the fans and thank you soo much for this!!!
What an iconic car. It’s clearly something magical and priceless. Great recipode!
Agreed! Cheers Vin.
Aww guys awesome video. Knight Rider Historians rock. When you put the note in the boot (trunk!) and then we got to read it, I actually shed a tear. I believe we are probably of similar ages (I'm 51) so I know you understand. Thankyou!
If this is KITT, then where is KARR?
@@tubewagon was destroyed by Goliath
@@mossbergblack Really? In which episode?
@@tubewagon I had to Google it... TRUST DOESN'T RUST & KITT VS KARR... 2 EPISODES with KARR... M Knight n Kitt destroyed Karr...
Absolutely superb video! Thank you very much for making it & sharing it with us!
Great inter view and the host reaction to seeing you're joy was wonderful. Such a happy day.
Thank you guys so much for keeping our Kitt and alot of people's dreams alive. Your amazing
I'm 44 and Knight Rider was the golden years of my childhood. Loved this video, so wholesome.
I still have my matchbox kitt and general Lee. They have always been my two favorite movie cars. It's really cool to learn all of the reasons for things and what the buttons were. Excellent video. Thank you.
Man!! That sticky note he left in Kitt at the end almost made me cry! Knight Rider was a big part of my childhood also ❤ I had an 83 Pontiac Trans Am in my teens,black with the tan interior and running lights in the dash, I felt like I was driving my own Kitt back in the day 😢. This was very nostalgic and now at 41 yrs old I am still a big fan of the show and vehicle.Thank you guys for the trip down memory lane! Back when I was the happiest and didn't even know it 😭.