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Knight Rider Trans Am Up For Sale
Charter News ^ | 04-02-07 | WestVirginiaRebel

Posted on 04/02/2007 6:09:35 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel

DUBLIN, Calif. (AP)-KITT, the flame-throwing, river-jumping, talking muscle car from the '80s TV show "Knight Rider," is up for sale. Restored to its debut-season glory, the modified black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am is offered at $149,995 at a Dublin auto dealership. Johnny "Vette" Verhoek of Kassabian Motors has had the car, officially called Knight Industries Two Thousand, on display for about a month.

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KEYWORDS: cars; chat; thirdpost; tv
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Any takers?
1 posted on 04/02/2007 6:09:37 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Can I put it on layaway?


2 posted on 04/02/2007 6:13:21 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

There were no muscle cars in thwe 80s, certainly not Trans Ams


3 posted on 04/02/2007 6:17:24 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: Xenalyte

Hoff ping.


4 posted on 04/02/2007 6:18:26 PM PDT by humblegunner (?)
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To: Colorado Doug

What defines a muscle car?


5 posted on 04/02/2007 6:21:52 PM PDT by digitalbrownshirt (http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
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To: Colorado Doug
There were no muscle cars in thwe 80s, certainly not Trans Ams

Better car to bid on... 1977 Trans Am from "Smokey and the Bandit."

6 posted on 04/02/2007 6:21:56 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Only if it comes with William Daniel’s voice and dry wit, as well as decades for installment payments.


7 posted on 04/02/2007 6:31:18 PM PDT by skr (Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

related threads

KITT rides again: ‘80s TV legend is up for sale
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1810763/posts

KITT is up for sale at a California auto dealership (Hasselhoff Uber Alas)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1810855/posts


8 posted on 04/02/2007 6:34:36 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: digitalbrownshirt

Old Detroit Iron from the late 60’s to early 70’s. Like my 69 Pontiac Lemans!


9 posted on 04/02/2007 6:37:19 PM PDT by ffusco (Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
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To: ffusco

It seems like there’s more to it than that. To me a muscle car is just an American 2 door that produces way more horsepower than any sane person could use. The Grand Nationals of the mid 80’s would qualify to me as muscle cars.

BTW, I’ve got a ‘70 Cougar with a 351 Cleveland. My first car was a ‘67 Le Mans. I wish I still had it.


10 posted on 04/02/2007 6:42:02 PM PDT by digitalbrownshirt (http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
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To: Colorado Doug

The 5.0 Ford Mustangs came close.


11 posted on 04/02/2007 6:42:17 PM PDT by 38special (I mean come'on.)
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To: 38special

I thought of those too, but most people consider pony cars seperately. I think Trans Am’s would probably be in the same category as Camaros and Mustangs.


12 posted on 04/02/2007 6:45:15 PM PDT by digitalbrownshirt (http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
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To: digitalbrownshirt

13 posted on 04/02/2007 6:49:15 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Is that a Hemi? Sweeeet!


14 posted on 04/02/2007 6:51:33 PM PDT by digitalbrownshirt (http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
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To: digitalbrownshirt

426 HemiCuda!


15 posted on 04/02/2007 7:00:43 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: digitalbrownshirt
Muscle car: chevelle, GTO, Bonneville, gran torino, dodge charger, amc marlin, and many many others. It’s been debated what the first muscle car was. Usually the opinions are based on only two different cars. The pontiac bonneville or tempest...and a mopar product of which model escapes me at the moment. But it was first produced in 1962 I beleive. Then there are the minority people who claim all sorts of different cars like the hemi powered Chryslers of the early 50s and the first flathead v8 ford, etc etc.

Pony car: mustang, camero, trans am, cuda, challenger, amx, javelin, and that’s it. All of the pony cars ever produced in the entire world right there in that short list. If you really wanted to stretch the definition, you might be able to include a Studebaker...i forget the model, but it was kinda sporty like the first mustang. And also the Avanti. But neither of these two autos ever had a professional racing history. So that really kinda disqualifies them.

A pony car is between a muscle car and a sports car. It’s very name comes from the mustang because the mustang was the very first one. The first mustangs had a large chrome horse on the grill.

16 posted on 04/02/2007 7:05:52 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: Colorado Doug

Possibly the Buick Grand National.


17 posted on 04/02/2007 7:06:44 PM PDT by RockinRight (Support FREDeralism. Fred Thompson in 2008!)
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To: Army Air Corps

KITT was a wimp. Give me KARR:

http://www.thephatphree.com/features.asp?StoryId=863&SectionID=16&spage=2


18 posted on 04/02/2007 7:14:12 PM PDT by death2tyrants
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To: death2tyrants

Ah yes, I recall KARR.


19 posted on 04/02/2007 7:18:11 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: mamelukesabre

Bonneville?? I learned to drive on my dad’s ‘66 Bonneville with a 389 cid V8. It was a great car, but certainly no muscle car. I sure miss the huge air vents down in the footwells. Open those babies at 70 mph on a summer day and you didn’t need AC. They nearly blew you off the front seat.


20 posted on 04/02/2007 7:31:37 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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