the new K.I.T.T.

does anyone remember the first NatOl blog?

well, for those who don´t:

i´d like to show you

the new K.I.T.T.

(photo: taoworm23 and K.I.T.T.)

yes, the KNIGHT RIDER car!

you tube user taoworm23

is rebuilding this talking car !!!

i asked him for a mail-interview

so here is his story when and why it all began:

So you wanna story about how me and K.I.T.T. began?
Hmmm, let me see here,…where to begin…
When I was about 3 or 4

I started watching Knight Rider (I’m 29 now).

I was in love with the shows concept

about 1 person can make a difference,

well one person and one talking supercar.
K.I.T.T. always seemed so real to me,

but alas, computer technolgy at the time was no match for the creative wizards in Hollywood.

KITT was in the realm of fantasy.
But somthing always lingered in my thoughts about bringing KITT to life.

YEARS later in 1999 I purchased a black Pontiac Trans-Am,

JUST like KITT in Knight Rider.
I looked online and started getting parts together

to build my K.I.T.T.,

but before I could finish

my car was destroyed in a fire at a friends house one night.

By the time I went out to see what was going on,

KITT was a blaze, along with 2 other cars.

(Gas line explosion near my friend’s house.)
I sat and watched my dream go up in flames that night.

I was overcome with loss and couldn’t even think about Knight Rider after that, it was too painful.
Fast forward 9 years later.

I am sitting in my room uploading some youtubes clips about creativity and the power that it has.
I started making videos about following your bliss,

and doing what makes you happy as it will allways lead to your ‘calling’ so to speak.
All of a sudden I realized I had to bring KITT back.
No, I wasn’t just going to bring him back the way that he was,

I thought to myself,

I’m going to make him better.
I sat down and watched Knight Rider again

for the first time in years,

so I could get excited about building him again.
I recalled a reunion Movie called Knight Rider 2000 they shot years ago.

It featured KITT updated in a supped up red sports car.
After watching the movie I was inspired to not just make a replica of KITT

(as I had done before),

but make a REAL K.I.T.T.!
This time it was going to my vision,

not a replica of what someone else created for TV in the 80’s.
So I sat down and started trying to figure out what car I would need to complete this project,

what A.I. programs were avaliable to make KITT respond.
Then I started to plan how to bring KITT into the 21st century.

well taoworm23 , thank you VERY much for this story!

and if you are interrested now, check out his site for more detailed informations

about his car :

REBORNSPIRIT

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