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.
Friday, September 19, 2008
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.
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