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Something is wrong with this picture
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:37 am
by James_kr
Look @ This:
Don't those lights under the scanner belong to a corvette they are not on a T/A!!
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 3:51 am
by Jay_n1
I can't tell, is there a pic of the car
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:32 am
by James_kr
no because on the full car its not there its just a close up but usually there are fog lights or the muscle thing but it looks a lot like a corvette
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 5:02 am
by Juggernaut30
Yeah...there is something wrong on this picture!
There is black tape on the bumper!
Markus
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 5:22 am
by James_kr
BLACK TAPE?????
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 5:49 am
by KITTfan
Looks like KITT's foglight opening is covered with clear plexiglass and the upper half of the plexi is covered with black tape or paint. I kind of like that look.
-KITTfan-
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 5:54 am
by Juggernaut30
Well,it looks like black tape....
Markus
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 6:11 am
by James_kr
Well that's not what I was looking for but I can answer that. I doubt its black tape I think its metal but if you want to see a good view of it here's a picture where they are pretty much blowing in the wind I captured it from "The Topaz Connection"
I was actually talking about the clear things that look like fog lights but they look like the ones from a corvette.
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 8:28 am
by J-Knight
Can you post a pic of the corvette in question here?
Love that pic as you can see the round sterring wheel

and standard dash!

Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:28 am
by LuvKITT
I have noticed this just recently when watching KR on my computer. I can see things better on this 19" monitor. I said something about it to a guy friend of mine that is also into KR. I noticed the tape on the turn signal covers in several episodes. I think that's why they went with a different nose in the later shows. I plan on doing my conversion with the 1st season nose though.
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:22 pm
by Skav
It's just a metal plate thing, not tape.
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:36 pm
by Lost Knight
You can also notice the stock steering wheel in the picture.

Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 6:26 pm
by James_kr
I've changed my mind about the corvette the one i'm looking at anyway didn't exist back then and has a slightly different light.
I wonder why they used a stock dash and wheel for that scene they were only going on a straight desert road flooring it with maximum power.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 12:46 am
by cloudkitt
It IS a metal plate thing. But it looks, in that picture, that there's tape ON the metal plate thing. See, on the right side you see screws. The left it looks like...well...tape.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:21 am
by Lyn
Uh, they look out of place to me....
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:49 am
by James_kr
Probably welded on but just to be clear i am looking at the white bit

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:29 am
by knightdriver
Guys, (and gals)
To answer the questions posted:
Yes, that one side has gaffers tape holding it on. There is one episode
Early on in season one (Don' recall which at the moment but it was
an early one where both sides are taped down. It is to help keep
them on one of the driving cars. The other side is how the picture
car happens to have it mounted. There are 2 small screws on each
side that are screwed down to a block of wood underneath the blackout.
The corvette look your seeing is this:
The season 1 nose had folding louvers under the nose. (Kind of like
window blinds.) When the lights were off, they would close. When
the lights came on, they would open to make the slotted grill we are
used to seeing. They just never showed this up close. Starting in season
two, they removed the folding ones for s et of fixed ones that always
showed the fog lamps. Later removing the Grills althogether.
Hope that helps with the questions.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:07 am
by Knight2000
knightdriver wrote:
The season 1 nose had folding louvers under the nose. (Kind of like
window blinds.) When the lights were off, they would close. When
the lights came on, they would open to make the slotted grill we are
used to seeing. They just never showed this up close. Starting in season
two, they removed the folding ones for s et of fixed ones that always
showed the fog lamps. Later removing the Grills althogether.
Wow! Never knew about the folding louvres! Kinda cool thing to see.
Thanks for sharing that tidbit of information

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:29 am
by James_kr
Yeah I agree they would be great if you watch the start of season 3 I think you see them open so that would be a good example