Like so many others doing conversion projects, I grew up watching Knight Rider when it originally aired on T.V. in 1982. I was immediately drawn to the show, mostly because of the futuristic car it featured. K.I.T.T. was truly one-of-a-kind and I dreamed that one day I would have the opportunity to own a car like it. From then on the only type of car that every really "turned my head" was the Pontiac Firebird Trans/Am.

I have owned a total of three Firebirds. The first was a 1988 which I acquired in March 1992. It was the first car that I owned and I absolutely loved it. The '88 served me very well until May 1996 when I traded it in for a '94 Firebird. I only had the '94 for about four months before I was forced to trade it in.  I relied solely on my Geo Metro to get me around until I was able to get another Firebird. I knew that someday I would get another Firebird and that it would be a 3rd generation ('82-'92) F-body style.

In March 2000 my four years of waiting were over and I was able to get back into a Firebird. I got a '92 V6 3.1 Liter with 54,000 miles on it. It was black with tan interior that was in almost perfect condition.  I knew that this was the car that I was going to convert into KITT. After getting on-line and finding all the conversion companies out there, my desire to convert my car increased. I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do and how I was going to go about it, though.

Thanks to the Internet, I was able to find information and products so that I could make my dream a reality. When I found Knight Registries, I was very excited. It was great to see so many others out there doing the very thing that I hoped to do. After seeing all of the great cars on the registry, I decided that I was going to do a conversion, but not an "exact" replica. I wanted my car to look very similar to K.I.T.T. but have its own uniqueness also.I wasn't exactly sure how it was all going to play out. I had some general idea, but it wasn't set in stone. One thing I was sure about was that the first stage of the conversion was going to concentrate on the exterior. So, the project began in late Spring 2000.

Since then the project has taken shape and has had its ups and downs.  Check out the development pages on this site to get more details on the progress made from 2001 - 2005. For the past couple of years I've hardly used the car and it has been sitting in my garage.  Life, house projects, and family have taken precedence and I haven't done much with KITT.  

Lately that has been changing, though.  I updated my dashboard with Don Colie's new 2 TV design in November 2008.  I also recently updated my ADiAT scanner.  Another change I have made to my car is the hood.  I decided to go back and get the same style cowl hood that KITT had in the show. 

I'm looking forward to get back into the car show and cruise scene and get out and enjoy my car again.