Dublin, California - Kitt, the flame-throwing, river-jumping, talking muscle car from the American 80s TV show Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhoff, is up for sale.Restored to its debut-season glory, the modified black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am is offered at $149 995 (about R1-million) at a California auto dealership. Johnny "Vette" Verhoek of Kassabian Motors has had the car, officially called Knight Industries Two Thousand, on display for about a month.
Although it cannot achieve the 483km/h speeds that Kitt reached, soar 15me in the air or throw smoke bombs, key features of the star car are intact. Perhaps most important, the red scanner light on the nose glows and makes a humming noise.
Most of the buttons in the cockpit do not do anything, Verhoek said. Nor can the car talk 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.
Courtesy of IOL
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