Building my K.I.T.T.

Over the last days, we upholstered the rear seats and built all new seats into the car, attached the overhead console to the headliner and built it into the car and did some more electronical work.

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Over the past days, we installed the car-PC, did some electrical work, installed the missing interior parts and the voltmeter to the overhead console. Additionally, the scanner now has its typical sound.

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Over the past days, we solved the headliner-problem of too much space between the headliner and the car body. Additionally, we started to fit the dashboard into the car. Unfortunately it will still need a lot of bodywork.

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Over the last 2 weeks, K.I.T.T. was at the garage for the necessary vehicle inspection. So there were some repairs to do. The car got a new chassis, a new windshield, a new catalytic converter and new brake hoses with new brake fluid. After that it passed the inspection with no problems.

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From now, I can lock/unlock my car via remote control. Additionally, we repaired the driver's door lock and mounted the Gullwing for testing. Last but not least, we mounted the countdown sequencer to the dashboard.

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Over the last two days, we started to prepare the dashboard

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Today, we worked on the original dashboard of the car to make room for the Knight Rider dash. Some parts had to be cut off.

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Today we let took the tires from the old Firebird rims and put them on the new Turbo Cast Rims. Then we mounted the new rims onto the car. The hubcaps are still at the paint shop, so they will be added later.

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Today, I got my hubcaps back from the paint-shop. They have been painted the same color as the car. Just in case, one of them could be damaged in the future, I added two fiberglass hubcaps, which have been painted, too. They can be used as spare parts. Additionally, I have a new gas cap, which has been painted, too. My existing cap is not as good as it should be. So I will replace it with this one.

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Over the last days we worked on the dashboard. I registered my car for 5 days, so we had the opportunity to adjust the dash electronics while driving. The digits now show the correct speed in KMH. Additionally, we set the odometer correctly, which was kind of an adventure, but it works now. Additionally, we started to put the voicebox overlays into the dash. But there will be more filling and grinding before it will be perfect.

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Today, we went on working on the voicebox. This meant more filling, grinding, more filling, more grinding and so on.

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Today, we started to prepare the dash electronics for the build-in into the dashboard.

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Today I got the tires on my two new Turbo Cast rims. Then, I mounted the hubcaps and after that, I mounted the tires. Now K.I.T.T.'s exterior is finally completed.

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Today, we wired the electronics and intstalled all boards to the dashboard, including the voicebox.

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Today, we mounted the dashboard with the electronics into the car again. Additionally, we laminated connectors for the dash electronics and a fuse box to the dashboard and mounted the TFT display for the bordcomputer. Finally, we installed additional front speakers.

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