Well, that went quick!

Today marks one year since I purchased my 1982 Trans Am. Progress has been next to nothing since we sold our house and I had to put the car in storage until our new house is completed. That was February 2009. In the next few months, expect more postings as the project is restarted!

Making It Authentic...

In my quest to build the most authentic replica possible, I have been trying to track down original PMD seat material. Unfortunately, there's no NOS fabric to be found...so I have to resort to buying up used covers, cleaning them, fixing them and dyeing them back to their original color. Here's my collection so far - what you see is enough for a complete rear seat and one of the front seats. Lots of work to do!

New Year's Knight

Happy New Year! With this new year comes big goals for my replica in 2009! Paint! Engine! Transmission! This car WILL move under its own power by the end of this year, something it hasn't done since 1997!

One small update - I received my voicebox bezel the other day - it's amazing! Take a look:




Not much new on the front nose, but I did push the car out into the driveway to get some better angle shots. I'll be starting the sanding very soon!

Silent Knight

Work on KITT has been a bit slow lately, but I did manage to get my lower console almost finished. Note the placement of the window switches - same location as the hero car!





More to come in the new year, including a very special part never replicated before!

Joe

Knight Light

A quick update - I have made some good progress on the nose sculpt over the holidays. I've added more putty and finally cut out one of the fog light openings. I've also roughed in the driver's side. It's almost time for the fun stuff (sanding, sharpening lines, etc). I'm really starting to get excited - this nose is turning out better than I could have ever dreamed, considering I have next to no background in sculpting:

Cold Winter's Knight

Hey everyone, progress on KITT has slowed a bit due to the chilly temps we've had here lately, but there is some news to report. First, progress on the nose sculpt. It's going extremely well, I have the passenger side nearly sculpted (minus the lower dam) and I've started 'glassing it:







Also, check out this score. I recently acquired two front windshields for my replica. However, these aren't just any windshields, these are NEW OLD STOCK windshields from the original series! Note the lack of window tint across the top! I bought two so I'd have a spare, in the event something happens to the one in my car. This are rare pieces for sure, 2 out of, well, not many left!




Hopefully more to come soon as I want to get this nose sculpt finished!

"Scanners Indicate an Opening, Michael."

I made some more progress on the front nose sculpt today. I used the tracing I had of a real season 3 screen used bumper and transferred it to the passenger side of my nose. Also, I cut out half the scanner opening:






Sorry for the short post - more to come soon!