I picked up my Pontiac Firebird Trans AM in December 2006, Central London.

As you can see the car then had the stock nose cone and a set of Snowflake alloys as were common on 2nd Gen Firebirds.  The two front tyres were pretty dangerous when I picked up the car so I stopped in at Sinton Tyres in Milton Keynes and picked up a pair of Cooper Cobra tyres for the front and carried on my journey back to the Isle of Man via the Ferry in Heysham.

On my return home I set about getting the car ready for the road again.

	new rear brake drums, pipes, cables, springs, pistons etc.  A full replacement of the rear brakes in fact.
	patch a blow in the exhaust system and replace broken brackets
	new front wheel bearings
	new front tie rod ends and ball joints
	new rear KYB AGX gas-a-just shocks

Learn more about AGX.

	new fuel filter
	replace various blown bulbs
	new gearbox oil pan filter and seal to fix leak
	tighten flex plate bolts to stop rattle from torque converter area
	fix seat belt retractors
	new hood shocks/supports

With the car mechanically safe and sound it was time to move on to making it become "KITT".

June 2007 - Tail light blackout fitted

Also during the month of June 07 I fitted my 15" Turbo Cast alloys that had been sourced from David T's in Canada - they needed some tlc but with a cleanup and paint they soon looked the part.

July 2007- My nose cone from KNIGHTRIDERSITE was fitted (after much hard work!) and sprayed by "Azzy Paints" 

	Once this was fitted it really gave the car that KITT look.
	A JC Whitney scanner was fitted as a temporary measure until my "Lectrics Enterprises" scanner was ready.

Now KITT was really coming to life!

August 2007 - Fitting the Gullwing Steering wheel

Note the "Nineteen 82" hat, the year Knight Rider was first made!

Fitted!

I have bought a set of 6 SPDT momentary buttons with extra colour caps and frames off eBay for £6.99

September 2007

	Car PC bits ordered.  Picked up motherboard, RAM and hard disk in Las Vegas on holiday.
	The rest were ordered from LINITX.com.  LinITX.com are the most helpful company you could want to deal with.

My new scanner from Lectrics is on its way.  Hope to fit it before the "Knightcon" event.

Here's another little beauty I picked up in Las Vegas, LED scrolling message number plate frame......

New scanner fitted in time for Knightcon 07 event

October 2007

	Overhead console arrived, it was in a friend's car but he's bought the new pilot overhead for his.
	I am going to strip down and repaint his old one, add new buttons from KNIGHTRIDERSITE
	Source new headlining.

	I have also ordered the PANP buttons and Countdown sequence lamps.
	From Jupiter Electrics.

Also to do over the winter is:

	fit new plugs (now fitted)
	fit new trunk shocks (now fitted)
	fix leak from p/steering pump
	replace windscreen washer pump

These parts I already have, but haven't found the time to fit.

Also ordered the Lower Centre Console

November 2007

Purchased my Voice box bezel or "Bo-Box"

 

I am ordering my KNIGHT number plate from Craig's Plates - it's as accurate as I've seen and only £19.99

My dashboard has arrived!

So has my switch pod

and "Bo box"

I have also given my PC a rebuild with XP instead of Vista as it will run much faster.  I don't need Vista for any of the car PC functions.  Now I need to work out how to fit my TFT into the dash!

June 2008

Electrics have arrived!

One year on from ordering, my electrics from Lectrics Enterprises have finally arrived!

Now I just have to fit them!!!!

January 2009

I finally got back to working on KITT!

KITT has been in storage for some time now and I recently put him back on the road.  He's driving OK, gears are changing up too high so I guess the TV cable needs adjustment.

Anyway, got to work sanding/painting the dash....

March 2009

Spring Shakedown....

I took KITT out to my local American Car Club meet.  I had WD40'd all of the gear linkage from the carbs down to the box, topped up with fresh DEXRON III trans fluid and the gears are just fine.  Just needed some TLC.

Not long until I go to the Knight Rider Festival in Las Vegas where I'll see some truly amazing replicas.

May 2009

Dash Install

I took KITT away on the ferry to Liverpool and drove over to a friend's house where some other KITT builders met up to work on my dash.  I think you'' agree they did an amazing job of it!

June 2009

Switch pod buttons

My pod buttons and tone generator board have arrived from Jupiter Electronics....

July 2009

PMD seats purchased from the USA

Glyn has been working on my overhead console for me.  Almost ready....thanks Glyn

August 2009

Steve and Stu came over to IOM to help sort out a few issues with dash install, fit spot lights, overhead, round gear shifter nob etc.  We took KITT out to my local car club BBQ. that's Steve sat in my car......or in the words of the Hoff - "jump in my car....."

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