And finally… what a Hassel-hoff

A man has spent £32,000 transforming his old beat-up car into his own Knight Rider car.

And finally... what a Hassel-hoff

Paul Nicholls, from Great Yarmouth is a petrol head and also a huge David Hasselhoff fan.

He told LADbible, that he picked up the old Pontiac Trans Am in May last year for £15,000 and spent £17,000 and the next year-and-a-half, working on it until he had his very own K.I.T.T.



The car also talks, just like the crime-fighting car in the TV show.

He said: “I was watching Knight Rider from the age of about eight, and as a kid I was obsessed with all the gadgets K.I.T.T. had and how it looked and sounded. So when I realised around three years ago that I could actually build one for use on public roads, I started seriously thinking about doing it - and it’s a dream come true.”

“It’s taken me around 16 months to complete. I started changing things as soon as I bought it, used it through the summer in 2019 and then gutted the inside of car and pulled all carpets out and stripped out all old seats and rubbers. It was rusty in many places so everything had to be cleaned and re-painted.”

He added: “When lockdown hit in middle of March, I had an ideal opportunity to work on it more or less every day. I was in my garage working on it for hours on end, fitting out interior and installing electronics and panels etc. I did this for around six weeks solid and got a lot done.

“It was a lot of hard work, I have never done anything like this before. In total, I’ve probably spent about 1,000 hours on it.”

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