Hey KR Fans, this is a note to anyone who is reading this blog, I am making change to the World is not Enough blog. Change will be as follows:
Child Support, Identity Theft and Small Claim Recovery information will now be on my business blog called Multi-Tasking Intelligence Intervention. So please take some time to see what I wrote in there.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sad Day
Hey KR fans, I have some bad new to share with you today.
As of 10:00 AM EST, I lost my car. My fault that this happen and it is something to learn from. My car was auction off today for non payment to my storage place. Like I said it my fault, You see this happen when you don't have a job and no one want to hirer you. So you fall behind on some bills and you try to catch up and in the long run you just go dry, no funds, no help and the man wants to be paid.
But enough of my drowning in sorrows, cause life goes on, and after all it's something that can be replace. Now that that is over with, on to something I always wanted to do, my car was a 1983 Pontiac Trans Am, and since I do love the car so much it's only fair that I replace him with another one. My new project will be called "Extreme Knight " it will have a 1994 - 1999 Pontiac Trans Am with the WS6 package. I will also incorporate a working ram air hood for more power, also there will be some Knight Rider items added to this car. But I think the main thing I' am adding to this car is the way it will look, I always like the Pontiac Concept Car called the Banshee 1988. This car was so high tech for it time and in fact most of the newer Trans Ams' have design features which was taken from this car. So my mission will be to:
1. Secure as much information as I can for the Banshee from the internet.
2. For the Knight Rider parts, will research and secure information from 3rd parties
Conversion companies.
3. Other 3rd Parties auto part companies to help in building this car.
Now to make this car high tech, I want to add a carputer, now for those of you who don't know what a carputer is, a carputer is a small computer made for the automobile, from my research you can either buy it complete or as most auto hobbyist do they build their carputer from scratch. What this mean is that they buy the computer chassis and add things like the motherboard, processor, memory, cd/dvd drives and software, with some tweaking they get the car running the way they like. Now you asked what can a carputer control, well some features are power management, control of audio and video, media, the internet and etc. My carputer will control different functions of the Knight Rider parts, also there will be alots of mobile features.
Since I have complete phase one which is to research everything about the concept car called the Banshee. Now I will begin organizing the information obtain from the internet, I also have a Revell Model of the "Pontiac Banshee". There are lots of pictures that I will use in deciding how the car will look, like I say before will be using a 1994 - 1999 Trans Am, I will have the original nose removed and I will purchase from a well known Knight Rider Conversion Company called Louisell Enterprise. The Banshee package once it is available will cost around $7500.00, and I believe it will consist of the Banshee's style nose and the spoiler, not sure what else is in the package. Will get in touch with them for more information. Well this is all for now till the next time. Keep those scanners moving.
As of 10:00 AM EST, I lost my car. My fault that this happen and it is something to learn from. My car was auction off today for non payment to my storage place. Like I said it my fault, You see this happen when you don't have a job and no one want to hirer you. So you fall behind on some bills and you try to catch up and in the long run you just go dry, no funds, no help and the man wants to be paid.
But enough of my drowning in sorrows, cause life goes on, and after all it's something that can be replace. Now that that is over with, on to something I always wanted to do, my car was a 1983 Pontiac Trans Am, and since I do love the car so much it's only fair that I replace him with another one. My new project will be called "Extreme Knight " it will have a 1994 - 1999 Pontiac Trans Am with the WS6 package. I will also incorporate a working ram air hood for more power, also there will be some Knight Rider items added to this car. But I think the main thing I' am adding to this car is the way it will look, I always like the Pontiac Concept Car called the Banshee 1988. This car was so high tech for it time and in fact most of the newer Trans Ams' have design features which was taken from this car. So my mission will be to:
1. Secure as much information as I can for the Banshee from the internet.
2. For the Knight Rider parts, will research and secure information from 3rd parties
Conversion companies.
3. Other 3rd Parties auto part companies to help in building this car.
Now to make this car high tech, I want to add a carputer, now for those of you who don't know what a carputer is, a carputer is a small computer made for the automobile, from my research you can either buy it complete or as most auto hobbyist do they build their carputer from scratch. What this mean is that they buy the computer chassis and add things like the motherboard, processor, memory, cd/dvd drives and software, with some tweaking they get the car running the way they like. Now you asked what can a carputer control, well some features are power management, control of audio and video, media, the internet and etc. My carputer will control different functions of the Knight Rider parts, also there will be alots of mobile features.
Since I have complete phase one which is to research everything about the concept car called the Banshee. Now I will begin organizing the information obtain from the internet, I also have a Revell Model of the "Pontiac Banshee". There are lots of pictures that I will use in deciding how the car will look, like I say before will be using a 1994 - 1999 Trans Am, I will have the original nose removed and I will purchase from a well known Knight Rider Conversion Company called Louisell Enterprise. The Banshee package once it is available will cost around $7500.00, and I believe it will consist of the Banshee's style nose and the spoiler, not sure what else is in the package. Will get in touch with them for more information. Well this is all for now till the next time. Keep those scanners moving.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Knight Rider Nose Project Continue
Hey gang,
I just remember that I didn't post the part about the Knight Rider's Scanner! Yes we all know that Michael Knight's famous car KITT had the lights that when side to side with a chase effect to it. There are alot of people building their own set of scanners and selling them on sites like eBay, and there are some private small businesses who are building and selling them. I will list them later on this blog for those of you who are interested in purchasing one. I decided not to buy one instead I am going to build one from scratch. I will be using information provided by the Knight Rider Project which is a manual that provide information on building your own Knight Rider electronics. The manual is old but the information is a great teaching tool. If you have this manual then I will begin with Stage 1: The First Step: Designing the following boards:
1. Scanning Lights Controller
2. High-Power Interface for Scanner Lights Controller
I also secured a blueprint which shows you how to build the scanner bar from scratch. let me tell you the blueprint is very detail and very easy to understand. As of this writing I had already build the scanner bar per the blueprint. Now, I did make some mistakes like for example: I used a product called J D weld, very strong stuff once it cured. Later I learned that most of the other Knight Rider builders welded their scanner bar together. Since I don't own any welding equipment I used what I know to work. This also bring up the second mistake, I was trimming the scanner bar and two main parts of the scanner bar broke off. To repair my scanner bar will be welding it together. So now I am rebuilding the scanner bar and will rework the electronics from the Knight Rider Project Manual. Check back later on this post for picture and current development on the Knight Rider Nose Project.
I just remember that I didn't post the part about the Knight Rider's Scanner! Yes we all know that Michael Knight's famous car KITT had the lights that when side to side with a chase effect to it. There are alot of people building their own set of scanners and selling them on sites like eBay, and there are some private small businesses who are building and selling them. I will list them later on this blog for those of you who are interested in purchasing one. I decided not to buy one instead I am going to build one from scratch. I will be using information provided by the Knight Rider Project which is a manual that provide information on building your own Knight Rider electronics. The manual is old but the information is a great teaching tool. If you have this manual then I will begin with Stage 1: The First Step: Designing the following boards:
1. Scanning Lights Controller
2. High-Power Interface for Scanner Lights Controller
I also secured a blueprint which shows you how to build the scanner bar from scratch. let me tell you the blueprint is very detail and very easy to understand. As of this writing I had already build the scanner bar per the blueprint. Now, I did make some mistakes like for example: I used a product called J D weld, very strong stuff once it cured. Later I learned that most of the other Knight Rider builders welded their scanner bar together. Since I don't own any welding equipment I used what I know to work. This also bring up the second mistake, I was trimming the scanner bar and two main parts of the scanner bar broke off. To repair my scanner bar will be welding it together. So now I am rebuilding the scanner bar and will rework the electronics from the Knight Rider Project Manual. Check back later on this post for picture and current development on the Knight Rider Nose Project.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Knight Rider Nose Project Continue
Hey everyone,
I hope your summer was not to hot and that you stayed cool under the AC. Next actions I will be taking to get this project into full stream:
For the Knight Rider Nose, I will be repairing the grill areas slits, some are really damage and need building up and filling. Will use fiberglass to overlay on the problem areas and do the body work that goes with it. While that is going on will take a trip to Harry's U Pull it which is a well known junk yard, I will secure the following items: New support for the front end (this is used to help hold up the original Trans Am/ Firebird nose) next order from Classic Industries Parts & Accessories set of 1982 -90 park lamp assembly>> part number G8978 LH and G8979 RH. Lets continue with my list of things to do, as you can see on the nose there are two marking templates for the plexiglass which will cover the cuts that will be made for the park lamp, this will allow the lamps light to shine thur.
The nose connecting area are located on the side fenders LH and RH which have holes in them, will try to mold these areas with putty once the putty harden will overlay with fiberglas and create new part for Knight Rider nose. The same procedure will be used for the park lamps, I will be creating a inlet parts from the original front end (Trans Am/Firdbird Nose)this inlet is the same on all early model Firebirds and Trans Am. I will pick up this part from as mentioned earlier from Harry U Pull it At this time, I will not go into detail on the actual process of creating the mold, reasons why is that I am still studying the process myself, It looks easy to do but I know it not.
Another thing that must be done is the fog lights, I have six of them which will be mounted behind the grill in the nose. Following the How To Instruction by md_knight_rider who post an article called the Fog Light Mounting Plate, which allow you to modify store brand fog light ( i can't remember the name at this time. But will secure it later on in this blog.) I have completed the fog lights per his instruction at this time I am working on the one piece 16 gauge aluminum at least 50" in length x at least 18" in width. Since my metal guy closed his business in New York City I am currently looking for another one. Again, once secured will continue with that part of the project.
Now last part of this project is the car itself, since I am working on the front end of the car, remember in my earlier posting I did mention that the car had a slight damage to the front end, it was on the passenger side. For me to mount the Knight Rider Nose to the car, the right front end must be pull out and straighten once that is done will proceed with creating mold for the Knight Rider Nose. This will be done in two stages. Stage one will be the mold for the holes and stage two will be the wall to connect to the holes holder. I am considering using aluminum or steel rings in the mold for support. At this time I have taken pictures of the damage and will take them to a auto body shop and get a quote. This is all for now, and I will see you on the open road, keep those scanner going.
I hope your summer was not to hot and that you stayed cool under the AC. Next actions I will be taking to get this project into full stream:
For the Knight Rider Nose, I will be repairing the grill areas slits, some are really damage and need building up and filling. Will use fiberglass to overlay on the problem areas and do the body work that goes with it. While that is going on will take a trip to Harry's U Pull it which is a well known junk yard, I will secure the following items: New support for the front end (this is used to help hold up the original Trans Am/ Firebird nose) next order from Classic Industries Parts & Accessories set of 1982 -90 park lamp assembly>> part number G8978 LH and G8979 RH. Lets continue with my list of things to do, as you can see on the nose there are two marking templates for the plexiglass which will cover the cuts that will be made for the park lamp, this will allow the lamps light to shine thur.
The nose connecting area are located on the side fenders LH and RH which have holes in them, will try to mold these areas with putty once the putty harden will overlay with fiberglas and create new part for Knight Rider nose. The same procedure will be used for the park lamps, I will be creating a inlet parts from the original front end (Trans Am/Firdbird Nose)this inlet is the same on all early model Firebirds and Trans Am. I will pick up this part from as mentioned earlier from Harry U Pull it At this time, I will not go into detail on the actual process of creating the mold, reasons why is that I am still studying the process myself, It looks easy to do but I know it not.
Another thing that must be done is the fog lights, I have six of them which will be mounted behind the grill in the nose. Following the How To Instruction by md_knight_rider who post an article called the Fog Light Mounting Plate, which allow you to modify store brand fog light ( i can't remember the name at this time. But will secure it later on in this blog.) I have completed the fog lights per his instruction at this time I am working on the one piece 16 gauge aluminum at least 50" in length x at least 18" in width. Since my metal guy closed his business in New York City I am currently looking for another one. Again, once secured will continue with that part of the project.
Now last part of this project is the car itself, since I am working on the front end of the car, remember in my earlier posting I did mention that the car had a slight damage to the front end, it was on the passenger side. For me to mount the Knight Rider Nose to the car, the right front end must be pull out and straighten once that is done will proceed with creating mold for the Knight Rider Nose. This will be done in two stages. Stage one will be the mold for the holes and stage two will be the wall to connect to the holes holder. I am considering using aluminum or steel rings in the mold for support. At this time I have taken pictures of the damage and will take them to a auto body shop and get a quote. This is all for now, and I will see you on the open road, keep those scanner going.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
It's been awhile
Hey gang,
I know it's been awhile since I posted something on here. And I know you were wondering did I fell of the face of the earth? I am still here, I hope you are ready for the next phase of operation on my Knight Rider project. I will be trying something new, what i mean be that is that I will be attempting to cut and mold an additional part to be added to my Knight Rider nose.
Well this is all for now will catch up to you on the open road.
I know it's been awhile since I posted something on here. And I know you were wondering did I fell of the face of the earth? I am still here, I hope you are ready for the next phase of operation on my Knight Rider project. I will be trying something new, what i mean be that is that I will be attempting to cut and mold an additional part to be added to my Knight Rider nose.
Well this is all for now will catch up to you on the open road.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Part 2 To the Knighter Rider Nose project.
Okay, continuing work on the nose, although the grills were in kinda tight, i was searching the internet for pictures of the grill install in other people cars (KITT) and i found one person who had a very good ideal, this guy build his own Knight Rider car and he lives in Japan. His website is out of this world. Moving on, he place metal tabs into the nose's lip areas and then he secured the grills to them.
I made my version of what he did on his, I got so lite metal and cut them to length. Next i bended them into L shape, next was to measure and drill hole into them. In all there is a total of four. Next thing I had to do was measure and drill holes into the grills themselves. I had to measure the hight of the L shape brackets so that the holes were even.
Next, I got my hand on some flat head stove bolts, zinc plated 32x1/2 (which match the holes perfectly). I did a test fit and success! The bolts also came with their own nuts to secured them. Taking everything apart and using for the first time "Automotive Amazing Goop" it come out clear and jelly like but very strong. it curing time is around 2-10 minutes, for maximum strength 24 hours to 72 hours.
Since I did all the work on Saturday, on Monday the right hand side was completed and glue in tight, I did the left hand side on Sunday, on Tuesday like the right hand side very secured. I tested the strength of glue by tapping the grills with an hammer lightly to see if the glue break off from the nose. Again i was amazed, it held! Now the next project for the nose will be cutting out the area for the direction lamp so that they can be seen.
Here are some pictures, hope you enjoy them.
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I made my version of what he did on his, I got so lite metal and cut them to length. Next i bended them into L shape, next was to measure and drill hole into them. In all there is a total of four. Next thing I had to do was measure and drill holes into the grills themselves. I had to measure the hight of the L shape brackets so that the holes were even.
Next, I got my hand on some flat head stove bolts, zinc plated 32x1/2 (which match the holes perfectly). I did a test fit and success! The bolts also came with their own nuts to secured them. Taking everything apart and using for the first time "Automotive Amazing Goop" it come out clear and jelly like but very strong. it curing time is around 2-10 minutes, for maximum strength 24 hours to 72 hours.
Since I did all the work on Saturday, on Monday the right hand side was completed and glue in tight, I did the left hand side on Sunday, on Tuesday like the right hand side very secured. I tested the strength of glue by tapping the grills with an hammer lightly to see if the glue break off from the nose. Again i was amazed, it held! Now the next project for the nose will be cutting out the area for the direction lamp so that they can be seen.
Here are some pictures, hope you enjoy them.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Started Knight Project.
Hey Knight Rider Fans,
As promised, I started my knight project. Some history and background on my car, I have the pleasure of driving a 1983 black and gold Pontiac Trans Am. I had the car since 1995, he only had one very minor hit to his front right side, due to the taxi who suddenly stop in front of a Camaro, which traffic wasn't going very fast, and he tap the cab, I tap him and another firebird tap me. Every one was okay, the cab just took off, at that time I didn't notice that the nose had been pushed up into the frame on the passenger side. I found this out when i when to let my lights down and the right side light didn't go all the way down, anyway, back to the project, I had won on Ebay, a Knight Rider's nose and the dash as well for season one of Knight Rider. Both parts ran me around $800.00 including shipping, both were made by Mr. Robert Yancy. I also won on Ebay the grills that do into the nose's fog light area and they was made by Mr. Don Colie of ADAT.
Problwebsiteem, how do i mount the grills into the nose, I didn't have any instructions and I am alway on the knight registries.com's looking for information. I finally joined them and was surprised by all the information that they have listed from other members. I was given the idea that the grills are place into slits made in the lips of the nose. So I got my Black&Decker's Single Speed Jigsaw and proceed to cut five slits on the left side and five slits on the right side. I had to remove the guide plate so that the saw can fit down into the nose, using both hands to keep it straight, the cuts had to be somewhat deep. Now there was some errors and those can be corrected and fixed.
The grills fitted like a glove, and look damn good in their new home. See for you self, you can see that some areas of the fiberglass will need work. For those repairs I am going with Permapoxy: plastic, fiberglass & underwater repair epoxy stick, for the heavy areas that need repairing and my all reliable J-B WELD for the medium to lite scratches. In these pictures I have not apply the epoxies yet. But as I am typing this, that work have been completed.
The rest of the pictures are the finish work showing the grills in the lips of the nose, they are in there real tight. At this stage I will not add any glue to them yet, when I do I will be using Automotive Amazing Goop, it glues whatever and bond forever. The next work I will show you the cutting of the direction lamp access area on top of the nose, you can identify them by the green/yellowish marking on it (see the first pic). I will also be redoing the mounting parts which needs some serious correction work done. Till then, keep your scanner moving.
As promised, I started my knight project. Some history and background on my car, I have the pleasure of driving a 1983 black and gold Pontiac Trans Am. I had the car since 1995, he only had one very minor hit to his front right side, due to the taxi who suddenly stop in front of a Camaro, which traffic wasn't going very fast, and he tap the cab, I tap him and another firebird tap me. Every one was okay, the cab just took off, at that time I didn't notice that the nose had been pushed up into the frame on the passenger side. I found this out when i when to let my lights down and the right side light didn't go all the way down, anyway, back to the project, I had won on Ebay, a Knight Rider's nose and the dash as well for season one of Knight Rider. Both parts ran me around $800.00 including shipping, both were made by Mr. Robert Yancy. I also won on Ebay the grills that do into the nose's fog light area and they was made by Mr. Don Colie of ADAT.
Problwebsiteem, how do i mount the grills into the nose, I didn't have any instructions and I am alway on the knight registries.com's looking for information. I finally joined them and was surprised by all the information that they have listed from other members. I was given the idea that the grills are place into slits made in the lips of the nose. So I got my Black&Decker's Single Speed Jigsaw and proceed to cut five slits on the left side and five slits on the right side. I had to remove the guide plate so that the saw can fit down into the nose, using both hands to keep it straight, the cuts had to be somewhat deep. Now there was some errors and those can be corrected and fixed.
The grills fitted like a glove, and look damn good in their new home. See for you self, you can see that some areas of the fiberglass will need work. For those repairs I am going with Permapoxy: plastic, fiberglass & underwater repair epoxy stick, for the heavy areas that need repairing and my all reliable J-B WELD for the medium to lite scratches. In these pictures I have not apply the epoxies yet. But as I am typing this, that work have been completed.
The rest of the pictures are the finish work showing the grills in the lips of the nose, they are in there real tight. At this stage I will not add any glue to them yet, when I do I will be using Automotive Amazing Goop, it glues whatever and bond forever. The next work I will show you the cutting of the direction lamp access area on top of the nose, you can identify them by the green/yellowish marking on it (see the first pic). I will also be redoing the mounting parts which needs some serious correction work done. Till then, keep your scanner moving.
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