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The American Dream - My Knight Rider KITT Project :-)



DaveDreads

aka Philomena Cunk aka Barry Shitpeas
ClioSport Club Member
Wow, Knight Rider was a massive part of my childhood, looking forward to seeing you get stuck into this project.

Please tell me when you're finished the next project will be either this,
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or this. :D

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  Peugeot 308
Hats off to you for taking this on.

That said, I have a feeling its going to be freaking awesome!!

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  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Doing a few quick sums based on income, figure to get this TOTALLY finished will take me 12/14 months hopefully! :) if I can get bits cheaper then may be quicker lol
 

Marky_

ClioSport Club Member
  182
Great project! You must be mental (but in a good way).


And ive already looked into some voice recognition software that I can install that will make him auto start his engine, play music, open the windows etc etc (but thats a way off yet) lol
Get SIRI in there. Done.
 
  Toyota MR2 GT Turbo
Best car on the forum by far! Whats the engine like? Need to get it on the rollers to see what its putting out compared to new :)

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  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
The engine sounds beautiful ;) very torquey though and I imagine not that good top end. Gonna tune it up and things either way :)
 
  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Started sanding and painting the interior today, main issue we found was that there is a leak somewhere :( drivers footwell, rear bench and rear left wheel arch are all pooling water which we need to investigate further :/ hmmm not good considering all this torrential rain!
 
  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Lol soon as I've fixed the leak I wanna get the interior back in so it's useable, then just tidy up the outer bodywork somewhat :) the biggest expense is going to deffo he the dash
 
  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Bit of snow and crappy weather today which hindered progress somewhat :( managed to finish hammeriteing the interior and had a quick look underneath. Hole in centre box from scuffing and some nasty surface rust to deal with. Heres a quick pic of snowy kitt lol
 

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  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Right just another brief update, got an email today from "Knights of England", regarding my enquiry as to how much a full dash set up is going to cost me..... fully ready to be fitted im looking at £3500!!!!!!!! :-o
Looking at that HUGE outlay, I am now thinking that a total respray is out of the question, the paint isnt too bad but could do with a touch up tbh, managed to sort some seats from ebay that look almost identical to the ones from KITT (ironically from a Gen 2 Proton lol) then just need to order the carpet (£300), and re trim the headliner, side panels, boot panels and other carpeted trim in cream to match kitt. Then the interior (bar the dash) will be ready to fit!
So much re-furbing needed to the bodywork (arches, round the lights on the back etc etc) which I can prep myself but im not confident spraying the car as dont wanna **** it up! Can anyone remember a good priced bodyshop in the Huddersfield area that could spray the bits that need spraying once they have been sanded and prepped? Many thanks guys!
 
  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Managed to make some progress sourcing the seats today, diehard fans will b**ch at me for this, but im NOT paying ££££'s for "pmd" seats identical to the ones KITT had when these ones I found on ebay from a proton gen 2 look very very similar!! Picking em up tommorow so its all good!
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and these are the ones im getting -
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Not a bad doppelganger - £900+ for some 28 year old PMD's or £80 for these from the Proton! No contest! :D
 

Heez

ClioSport Club Member
  Superleggera'd Bean
TBH you get those proton ones trimmed to look like the PMDs and they would look exact same.

Btw Hero thread is awesome.
 
  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Picked up the proton seats, need a clean but very happy! The back seats and side bolsters will be stripped and material used to re trim the rest of the car :) here are some pics. So close to the proper seats I'm dead chuffed!
 

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  Mazda Mx5 + Clio 172
Right then folks, Christmas is over now so project KITT can re-commence (as soon as it stops pissing it down!) Here are the latest photos taken for the bodyshop to show the areas of bad paint..... now just need to get some quotes for a total re-spray.... after washing and waxing the laquer in places is atrocious and there is bubbling rust here there and everywhere so full spray job is deffo looking like the best option! Hoping to get the interior panels welded and painted asap then the interior can go back in and then at least he will be driveable again!
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