anybody catch knight ridder?

[69mach1mw 10]

I was disappointed when Autoblog hated it. I thought that it was a good show that carried KITT into the 21st century. And KITT is sweet. I hope it makes it to a series. what did you all think of it.

[70Coupe 10]

in about 3 words, PRETTY F-ING SWEET. but i think it was just becuase KITT was the new KR and can morph into a stock GT. but yeah i liked it and also hope they make it into a show.

[69mach1mw 10]

yea i think id have to agree, without KITT this thing woulda been a bust. I dont care what people say about the acting (which wasnt that good) its a talking self driving badass car that can do anything, i too hope it becomes a series

[jleonej 10]

I thought the show sucked! Yes, the car was SWEET, but everything else was sooo bad it took away from the show. I would have much rather seen just the car driving around with no acting or elementary school plots. But again, the car itself was SWEET

[Pakrat 1,043]

I had to record it to check out later but I switced to it a few times and wasn't impressed by what I did see, it felt like it was still a cheesy 80's show not something current.

[Truck 12]

The best part clearly was Val Kilmer as KITT. He had that 'voicemail' effect to his voice, and you could kinda tell it was a computer calling. I liked his part more than the car....

 

Then I fell asleep halfway through it. Take that for what it is. Yes, it was a nice remake, NO it didn't need to be made. It was way better than the Knight Rider they did many years back with KITT as a 67 'Vette. I'm glad they sunk that car in the bay.

[69RavenConv 287]

Pretty sure the original KITT car was a Firebird. Pretty sure it wasn't a 'Vette.

[bswor 77]

I caught the show finally. A) The car is cool B) The writing, acting, and everything else was just bad.

 

I give the show Two Pony's Down

[MrD2 10]

I thought the first Kitt was a Trans Am. Could be wrong though. I once was! MrD2

[bswor 77]

Yep it was a trans am.

 

Wikipedia knows all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_rider

[R4K 10]

Caught the last 15 or so minutes of it.

 

Car was hot.

 

Chick was hot.

 

Seemed kinda cheezy.

 

But I've watched cheezier for less hot cars and chicks, lol.

[bnickel 10,004]

The best part clearly was Val Kilmer as KITT. He had that 'voicemail' effect to his voice, and you could kinda tell it was a computer calling. I liked his part more than the car....

 

Then I fell asleep halfway through it. Take that for what it is. Yes, it was a nice remake, NO it didn't need to be made. It was way better than the Knight Rider they did many years back with KITT as a 67 'Vette. I'm glad they sunk that car in the bay.

 

 

are you sure you're not confusing it with that old tv detective/avenger series called "Stingray" where the lead character drove a 63 split window vette, black with the sidepipes and knock-off wheels? that was a pretty cool show if for nothing else than the cars they had on it.

[69grandecj 0]

One of the original KITT Firebirds sold for about $100k a few month ago.

[Pakrat 1,043]

are you sure you're not confusing it with that old tv detective/avenger series called "Stingray" where the lead character drove a 63 split window vette, black with the sidepipes and knock-off wheels? that was a pretty cool show if for nothing else than the cars they had on it.

 

I don't remember seeing the split window but I did love that car back then. Was this the show that near the end of the series the car is finally beyond repair and he finally replaces it with a late 80's Mustang? I got this flash of that wheh I read your post but I also pictured Robert Urich in it and that was Spenser for Hire and he had a 66' Mustang not a vette.

[bnickel 10,004]

i don't think he replaced the car, i think the series just ended. i do remember in Spenser for Hire that had Robert Urich was driving a dark charcoal gray metallic 66 fastback and i think he did eventually replace it with a matching later model mustang. i think that's probably what you're thinking of.

 

 

stingray:

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.buysellcommunity.com/uploads/122306/ww1/nmkocryfjydc.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.buysellcommunity.com/sale/KVFFUODL/&h=239&w=300&sz=10&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=-NgT0b3f3XuKrM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtv%253B%2Bstingray%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

 

 

couldn't find anything for spenser for hire except that one the cars used in the show is for sale

 

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</TD><TD width="55%">1965 Ford Mustang Fastback

V8 289 4v. Auto. Kelsey Hayes Front disc brakes. Interior has been reupholstered, seats are new. In the photos the interior is not assembled. Originally Rangoon Red with red interior, and had a 4 speed. Used in the TV series Spencer for Hire. Fake bullet holes in rear quarter. Rear window included.

VIN 5R09C173114

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from this site

http://www.justmustangs.com.au/html/cars-sold-65Mustang.htm

[Pakrat 1,043]

Yeah that must have been what I was thinking of then because even though I don't remember the 66 very well oddly enough, I do remember the newer Mustang being gray with like a light blue stripe or something. I always remembered his mechanic breaking the bad news to him and tellimg him the new car was the same soul in a different body, that's like the only thing I remember of that show though and I don't know why it stuck with me forever.

 

Boy, if that car is for real then yikes it has had an unusual life since. Someone repainted it a different color than the show but left the bullet holes!??!?!?!? Smells like BS to me.

 

BTW, I think the Stingray is a 65'.

[bnickel 10,004]

yeah i just posted what i found on the Spenser car. as for the stingray i think that was just a promo shot, the car in the show was definitely a split window. then again they probably had more one than car too, probably a couple of "hero" cars and several stunt cars as well.

[Truck 12]

Yep it was a trans am.

 

Wikipedia knows all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_rider

 

 

Too bad I wasn't talking about the original KITT. Some years after that series, they made a "Return of Knight Rider"-thing *(With Hasselhoff and a Cameo from Scotty Doohan) where KITT had been made into the '67 Vette, KARR wound up pushing that one into the bay, and they 'remade' KITT as a 57 Bel Air.

[Pakrat 1,043]

Too bad I wasn't talking about the original KITT. Some years after that series, they made a "Return of Knight Rider"-thing *(With Hasselhoff and a Cameo from Scotty Doohan) where KITT had been made into the '67 Vette, KARR wound up pushing that one into the bay, and they 'remade' KITT as a 57 Bel Air.

 

The who what where? I never heard of this at all, you'd think info like that would be in the wiki, maybe that was "team knightrider". Otherwise doesn't make any sense to go further back in the auto gene pool each time for 3 remakes. If the 57' got trashed then what next, a model A? It does say that in 94' they used a 69 Mustang though, hmmmmmm. I don't remeber any of those other variations listed though.

[bnickel 10,004]

KITT was a 69 mustang? i've gotta see pics of that.

[Pakrat 1,043]

That's what they say:

 

Knight Rider 2010, a 1994 movie very loosely based on the show. In this case, a Classic 1969 Ford Mustang replaces the legendary Pontiac Trans Am, and there are very few links to the original show, so much so that it may not be considered canon other than for carrying the Knight Rider title. The film was penned by Miami Vice writer John Leekley.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>[1]</SUP>

 

But they also say:

 

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[bnickel 10,004]

yeah i saw that but couldn't find any pics of said 69 stang. there was some kind of KITT thing called natasha os some girl name like that and it was obviously based on another firebird or camaro type car with heavily modified bodywork, but no 69 stang

[Truck 12]

Apparently I was talking about Knight Rider 2000, and it wasn't a 64 vette (or any vette-it was some f'ed over Batmobile Type Firebird.)

 

 

it does have a shot of KITT as the Bel Air, tho. Sorry about the confusion.

 

(In order to find this, I looked up James Doohan on the imdb.)