This Flawless $50,000 KITT Replica Is 1980s Homage Perfection

The unbelievable lengths that this replica KITT owner went to while building his dream car are out of this world, and the results are stunning
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The world of building car replicas is as dark and murky as a mole’s basement. It’s full of horrors; of terrifying attempts to mimic Bugatti Veyrons and Ferrari F50s. All of these should be killed with fire to make way for this: the most perfect replica car we’ve ever seen.

This is, of course, a replica of KITT, the Knight Industries Two Thousand from the iconic 1980s action series Knight Rider. Built by childhood super-fan Chris Blasius, from Homestead Falls in Ohio, the lengths taken to turn a regular 1982 Pontiac Trans Am into a perfect replica – including an ‘intelligent’ KITT talking computer – are insane.

Image: YouTube/Wonder World
Image: YouTube/Wonder World

Born of his younger self’s need to own this car, Blasius has spent two and a half years, 2000 man-hours and $50,000 to make it what it is, sourcing parts and expertise from all around the world. It’s an incredible, astonishing build.

Starting with a hard-top 1982 Trans Am, he converted it into a T-top as per KITT’s proper spec, using the bar from a 1987 Trans Am. Apparently, all the actual T-top cars he could find had rusted badly through the floor, owing to design flaws that allowed water into the bodywork pretty much from day one.

Image: YouTube/Wonder World
Image: YouTube/Wonder World

KITT’s unique front bumper, which is usually wrong in one way or another on replicas, was painstakingly reproduced from freeze-frames from the show, mapped into Photoshop and then turned into a 3D model from which a bodywork specialist could produce an exact copy.

The steering wheel, dashboard trim, completely functional interior electronics, wheels and $12,000 paint job are all correct and perfect. Even the seat fabric, having long since gone out of production, was recreated from scratch. The story of this car’s creation makes for a fascinating 11 minutes of video. Tuck in.

Source: CarScoops

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Comments

Seth 3

Of course it helps that the replica is actually based on a real car

04/11/2018 - 13:28 |
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Anonymous

How your gonna feel owning this car

04/11/2018 - 13:32 |
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Anonymous

Wow

04/11/2018 - 13:33 |
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Anonymous

How the Hoff is going to react when he sees this

04/11/2018 - 13:41 |
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I bet it has rocket launchers

04/11/2018 - 13:49 |
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Anonymous

While it is amazing to look at. The reality of driving it is not so much. Its still cool though.

04/11/2018 - 14:07 |
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Antonio Rodriguez 1

RCR made a video on this car I believe.

04/11/2018 - 14:11 |
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Yeah he said the wheel sucked

04/11/2018 - 21:42 |
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Anonymous

Saw this at the summit racing autorama! The videos dont do it justice, this car is absolutely perfect inside and out.

04/11/2018 - 15:15 |
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Jakub Grzybacz
04/11/2018 - 16:28 |
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good meme

04/11/2018 - 17:45 |
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RodriguezRacer456 (Aventador SV) (Lambo Squad)

In reply to by Jakub Grzybacz

KITT has an indestructible body so good luck with that Jeep

04/12/2018 - 11:19 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

Still, at the end you’re paying $50k for an ‘82 Firebird

04/11/2018 - 17:42 |
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Yeah our ‘92 is prolly only worth about 2k

04/11/2018 - 21:43 |
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