Knight Rider Semi found ABANDONED for 15 Years! Can We Rescue It? Screen Used GMC General for KITT!

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We found the actual, screen used GMC General used in "Knight Rider" as the FLAG semi abandoned in Idaho! Can we rescue it? Also, help us find the original trailer!
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@TimberWolf429 3 года назад

A good find, and at 200,000+ miles, it's just barely broken in. I drive heavy class 8 trucks like this for a living, and usually a truck with over 1,000,000 miles is when it needs some serious love. Good to know she is in a loving home now.

@techwolflupindo 3 года назад

A video detailing the recovery of the data would be nice for all us programmers, techies, IT, etc.

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 2 года назад

@Get to the Choppaa I was programming in BASIC and playing games on the good ol' Texas Instruments TI99-4A when this show was on but my bud had a Tandy 2 or something

@bryede 2 года назад

I'd guess that step one would either be: a. make images of all the drives so you never need to power them on again or b. get the computer running so you can export the data from its original environment.

@ben8447 3 года назад

Honestly, you guys running this channel are superb. The fact you took four years of your life to go through the data and then find the truck...well, it could not be in better hands than yours.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

Thank you!!!

@CristianoRonaldo-yh9hc 3 года назад

Exactly- absolutely brilliant. Still the best tv show ever made.

@CristianoRonaldo-yh9hc 3 года назад

I will contact you. I was thinking we could create a group chat to those interested in helping to find the legendary semi

@danmurphy9173 3 года назад

O. MY. GOD!

@danmurphy9173 3 года назад

So, about that part that took 4 years to get the data off of the old terminal? Didn’t you just ask one of your KITTs to tap into the system and get the data? Or maybe KITT still had the info in HIS databanks... I know, I know. But this is exciting!

@Scott1433 3 года назад

I'm from the UK but Knight Rider was huge here in the 80s. Me and my cousin were obsessed with it when we were kids. What you guys do is fascinating. It's great that you put so much energy and enthusiasm into keeping the Knight Rider story alive. Keep doing what you are doing

@adrianwhetton6674 3 года назад

Absolutely agree 100% knight rider was massive here in the uk.. still love it as much now as I did then

@Dixie013 3 года назад

KITT was "or rather is the Icon" around the world 🌎 was even Featured on this ytube channel "Supercar Blondie" 2years ago @1.8 million views

@AvengerII 3 года назад

@@adrianwhetton6674 But only the Germans listen to Hasselhoff sing! 😅

@skylined5534 3 года назад

@G1zm0 Well, Dukes of Hazzard, A Team, Street Hawk, Air Wolf and a few others besides! But yeah, Knight Rider was a huge deal for us kids back then. Saturdays at my nan's and all goggle eyed at this amazing sleek car and its super cool driver! Prior to this in the afternoon the teletype noise for the football scores and then having to watch Blind Date later on because the adults wanted to for some reason 😂

@weedfreer 3 года назад

@@skylined5534 Don't forget Sunday grandstand Wrestling too!!

@paulstupka5583 3 года назад

Great find. During the 70s and 8os I was a Police Officer in Pontiac, Michigan. The GMC plant in Pontiac was where the GMC Generals and Astros were produced. They used to roll off the line drive across South Blvd. and be parked in the shipping company's lot. It was quit interesting to see. Later in my career I worked a case where 2 GMC Generals and 2 Astros were stolen right out of the plant. Pontiac Motor Division was also located in Pontiac but I am not sure at which assembly plant the KITT car was born. Often times when I worked at night I would see the prototype test cars being brought back to PMD from the GM proving grounds in Milford Michigan. At one time GM was responsible for over 40,000 direct jobs in Pontiac. Sadly, those days are now gone. Best of luck in your search for the trailer.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

Great story, Paul! Thanks for your support!

@MotorScotti 3 года назад

You're just killing it! Not only have you accumulated a huge data base of everything Knight Rider, but you just keeping finding and acquiring more and more Knight Rider props. Keep it up guys!

@HyperActive7 3 года назад

The fact you could even find the semi is incredible! Finding the trailer is going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack because they rack up the miles and change trucking companies pretty often. Good luck with your quest!

@transformer01able 2 года назад

It’s been found !

@HyperActive7 2 года назад

@@transformer01able Glad you found it!

@wondersisters4869 3 года назад

That truck is as legendary as K.I.T.T. I would not be surprised if in the end you got the trailer, decorated it like in the show and put K.I.T.T. inside him. You are the best.

@watahyahknow 3 года назад

would make it eazier to transport everything to a show if needed

@1977TA 3 года назад

I came close to tearing up while watching this video. After being retired from hauling produce the semi was left to sit and rust away in a field in the middle of nowhere. Thank you so much for rescuing it and giving it a chance to return to its on-screen glory. Indeed timing was everything. Let's all hope that there is still time to rescue the trailer. As Devon would say, godspeed KR Historians.

@39PSIOnTheDaily 3 года назад

I grew up LIVING for Knight Rider. I used to talk to my damned bicycle as a kid, for God’s sakes. It makes me unbelievably happy to see the vehicles from the show saved. Thanks so much guys!

@TheJcepress 3 года назад

How many times did you talk to your wrist i even got one of those calculator watches because it made it feel more real😄😁

@galdinorodriguez1722 3 года назад

I still talk to all my GMC Trucks!😂 All because of Knight Rider.lol

@TheJcepress 3 года назад

@George Peppard lmfao that's great we totally would have been best buds if we went to school together.

@bigharrykochenbauls4567 3 года назад

The trailer is probably now a storage unit in some hoarders field...

@johnwymer1215 3 года назад

Not likely. More likely it was sold to a furniture company and destroyed

@bigharrykochenbauls4567 3 года назад

@@johnwymer1215 Wow you must be a professional assumer...

@mintyman1968 3 года назад

@@johnwymer1215 probably. That’s what those dropdecks were used for was moving company’s.

@bigharrykochenbauls4567 3 года назад

@toe the line what sad and devoid lives you all live... You're so creative that you just copy paste what I said, capable of nothing more than repeating what is in front of you, because your brain is so far gone. Covid was meant for people like you 😎

@bigharrykochenbauls4567 3 года назад

By the way DF, try watching an episode of American pickers where fields are full of tractor trailers full of shit...

@dustinbriscoe834 3 года назад

I lIve In Idaho. Sooo.... not only was Knight Rider a staple of my childhood, to find out that the Semi was in my home-state being put to good use is Fantastic! Means the world to me. :)

@dustinbriscoe834 3 года назад

I'm glad you guys found it, and are in the process of restoring. The FLAG RIG needs to be whole and saved!

@joe67tro 3 года назад

Same here. Idaho boy that grew up with Knight Rider.

@shawnfanchette 2 года назад

I know you don't want to give exact locations, but as a former Idaho resident I'm curious where in Idaho you found this rig. As a huge KR fan I'm not sure if I'd be happy or kick myself to find out if I regularly passed by the FLAG semi without knowing it.

@steelstreet3765 3 года назад

I miss the 80s. I was just a kid but still love the 80s.

@chucky2316 3 года назад

I do I even had a bmx like kitt that would make noises and talk 😂 called the wolf bike with a computer. A bmx with mags and a body kit

@indridcold8433 3 года назад

Everything was great! People were much healthier, smarter, and the federal government did nto try to micromanage absolutely everything. Today, the federal government is a dictatorship in comparison to what it was back then. I would gladly go back if it were possible. Nations did not try to run other nations. prices were realistic even given the inflation difference. People cared about their physical health. The internet was still military only and the World Wide Web did not exist. (that part has good and bad to it) You could be who you wanted to be without some idiot telling you how offended they are because you used a simple term like, "black coffee," or, "white bread." The engines were not as reliable. But the car designs were more beautiful, comfortable, and durable. Imagine a modern engine and transmission in a huge 1985 Fleetwood!

@chelseajoyce5135 3 года назад

@@indridcold8433 I could not have put that better myself, I'm in ireland and were have to put up with some amount of crap from the European Union, were can't close our borders from international covid travellers, but all our small business are closed down, and were have a 3 mile movement limit.

@indridcold8433 3 года назад

@@chelseajoyce5135 The attempt at a planetary government has failed miserably and totally. It is time for nations to fight to regain their sovereignty. There is nothing wrong with international trade. But international government is ridiculous. It is a failed experiment but those pushing for the planetary government refuse to accept it.

@indridcold8433 3 года назад

@@chucky2316 I remember I used to swim daily every single summer from 12 years of age to 19 years of age. I would learn different strokes, do laps, learn CPR and water rescue, and the such. The habit of staying in top shape stayed with me and today I still look like a swimmer, albeit ugly from the neck up. I can do nothing about that. But the healthy habits I made as a kid have kept med extremely healthy today. Today, kids have an obesity problem at nine years old. By 18 they are morbidly obese. It is not only very aesthetically disgusting, it is extremely unhealthy. But they do not care in the slightest. The last two generations will likely be dying in their lower 60 years of age, or upper 50s.

@douge8275 3 года назад

The Budd Company in Detroit stamped all of the aluminum body parts and weld-assembled (and riveted) the all-aluminum cab back in the 70's and early 80's. 16 units per day on 2 shifts. The General was ahead of it's time. A true classic!

@VitoVeccia 3 года назад

GMC Generals aren't as common to see on road anymore. Cab parts are hard to find, but there are parts places in NJ and NY that will find you almost any part you need. In our fleet of Mack's, we only have one General. I love driving that rig.

@aaronlayes4485 3 года назад

I'm a long haul semi driver and would love to see this truck at the national truck show the Iowa 80 Trucker Jamboree some years they get many famous rigs out there. I'd be stoked if I could get a picture with this truck someday maybe even get a pic of me sitting in it. I'd pay for that. I hope you guys do a good job. I'm a trucker and my love for trucks is only growing. I grew up watching knight rider and to see that you found the truck is awesome. It hurts when good machines sit and rot.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

It will be displayed when it’s finished and we hope you get a chance to see it!

@amsoiladam 3 года назад

Really cool. I actually own a 5star general that has been converted to an R.V. And my son and I (his middle name is Knight) own a trucking business Called Knight Industries Trucking & Transportation. K.I.T.T. And we plan on buying a semi that Kenworth produced years ago called a T2000. That way it will be our Knight Industries Two Thousand. And of course we will add the scanner to the front and the black aero wheel covers that look very similar to the wheels used on Knight Rider. I know, I know.... I’m a dork.

@amsoiladam 3 года назад

Oh and I forgot to mention. My GMC General R.V. Conversion,..... Its 48 feet long, with my stacker trailer my overall length it 82 1/2 feet long. So it is huge, therefor his nam is Goliath.

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 2 года назад

That sounds pretty F'n Awesome!

@amsoiladam 2 года назад

@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS you can check out “ my GOLIATH “ on my channel.

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 2 года назад

@@amsoiladam YOOOOOOooooo!!!! Awesome chanel, You are totally PunkROCK METAL to the extreme man!

@spockspock 3 года назад

I was fortunate to have driven a general for five years back in the 90’s.

@wheeln24-79 3 года назад

Gotta be one of the coolest looking front ends and hoods. Would be cool to see one restored with a sleeper

@MegasXLR 3 года назад

This is AMAZING! You guys do so much to preserve the show and we're very interested and thankful for that :)

@tenaciousdetecting6298 3 года назад

WOW, "One youtube channel Can make a difference. " Your passion is inspiring. Good luck to you guys!

@dangarrison3503 3 года назад

If the trailer was sold in California it would have a perm reg plate, you register it once . Its probably been used for storage and is out of the dmv system.

@kennyfordham6208 3 года назад

Now all you need to do is track down Goliath. 🙄

@patientmental875 3 года назад

Probably already did, seems Joe & the gang have many secrets lol

@MrZodac 3 года назад

I guess you'll need a submarine for this . . . :-)

@kennyfordham6208 3 года назад

@@MrZodac I believe that they only destroyed the model. The real one should be out there, somewhere.

@JustinMacri007 3 года назад

@@kennyfordham6208 whey about the juggment?

@MrZodac 3 года назад

@@kennyfordham6208 There are some rumors that the truck has been used in an episode of Airwolf. Greetings from Hamburg / Germany

@danielstorm281 3 года назад

That is an Indiana Jones level discovery! Knight Rider Historians have attained legendary status 🎵🎞🎉🎉🎉🎉

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

Cue the Indiana Jones theme song!

@danielstorm281 3 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial Honestly, as soon as the clip played early on when you were rolling up on it from your POV, I was “No Waaaaaaaaaaaay!”

@JustinMacri007 3 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial joe it's Justin do a video on the juggment?

@Spokavriel 3 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial "It belongs in a museum" eventually

@luciusvorenus9445 3 года назад

Kudos to your hard work. It's good to hear that you were completely honest with owner about the truck's history. Speaks volumes about your honorable character. Good luck with the trailer!

@makak228 3 года назад

You are the best! Interesting fact: in Russia “Knight Rider” called “Рыцарь Дорог” which means Knight of Roads

@Happy357mag 3 года назад

There are so many iconic TV and movie cars and trucks that disappear overtime because either it's not known what they were or nobody really cared enough. I am happy you found the GMC general.

@dalegilchrist6952 3 года назад

Amazing story guys, so happy that you bought the truck and are going to have it brought back to it’s glory!

@Knight-xc2tt 3 года назад

Thanks for your efforts in saving an important part of TV history, and most importantly saving parts of my childhood. I was born in the 70's but lived the 80's. Knight Rider was the most influential part of my childhood. Again, thanks for the effort saving these pieces.

@ast5515 3 года назад

If you ever find the trailer and fix the semi, you must recreate THOSE moments.

@ast5515 3 года назад

@Keeth Rider True. Maybe do it at 5 mph just for the sake of it? I trust them to do it right. I don't know how much clearance the car has when going up the ramp. I know it scraped at higher speeds due to suspension travel, but I don't know if it can be done at a lower speed.

@Spokavriel 3 года назад

@@ast5515 Mythbusters proved it can be done even with too steep a ramp in a taller truck. Thing is the wall panels made the real FLAG mobile unit have even less side clearance. In this stunt that matters too.

@islandguy7611 3 года назад

Wondered what hapened to the truck, its nice to see its not been scrapped or crushed, would be awsome to see it to its former glory. Hope you manage to reunite it with the original trailer and KITT too :) good uck on your quest from the UK

@pieluvr7362 3 года назад

My Mom God rest her soul bought 3 big wheels Knightriders for me and my brother's it was fun with those Kitt is real for us👍🏽👊🏽😊

@that_blue_lbz_duramax3364 3 года назад

Trucker here. That trailer is probably long gone or rotted out. That general is awesome though

@detroitdiesel7074 3 года назад

Yea unfortunately that’s how most trailers go I still have a couple from the 60s-80s and there almost gone

@DOffio 3 года назад

If they are lucky, the buyer parked it "out back" and has been using it for storage. It would still probably be in rough shape, but it might still exist if that is the case...

@matthewcaughey8898 3 года назад

The way trailers get beat on it’s entirely possible that trailer is scrap metal now. The mid 2000s is about 15 years ago and knowing that older trailers can have rot issues as well it might have been junked already. So here’s what possibly happened. The new owner removed the ramp and put it in service as a moving van. He probably used it till it wasn’t worth fixing and sold it to a scrapper ( a scrapper would have cut it up for the metal value) it might be rotting away in a salvage yard used for random storage. Or it might have ended up a tool trailer for a construction company. You’ve got a make of trailer, so now you need to track down crash records of any that were destroyed in accidents to rule them out. There’s always an outside chance it was just abandoned like the general was

@dantresohlavy7323 3 года назад

Very true. Though the original trailer used in 1977 Smokey and the Bandit was in The Walking Dead a few seasons back. Knight Rider's trailer may yet exist...

@stevenplaskett7728 3 года назад

I'm not sure if u watch the goonzsqaud they bought a property with a trailer left on it full of scrap. Very often trailers that are no longer legal for the road are used as storage units and sign boards near highways. The way the ramp is on this trailer makes it unsuitable for either use and not being weather tight or easy to swing open and grab something.

@lorenzomiguelignacio8840 3 года назад

It's extremely great that you guys found the GM truck used in S3-4 and keep up the great work... 😊

@Capnobvious 3 года назад

I loved knight rider as a kid and here 40 years later its still timeless. They need a big budget film for it but i guess its never been done because you cant replace it like back to the future. In the 90's they made the show "viper" which was before its time but never really took off. GREAT FIND!

@turbotonye-4124 3 года назад

OMG. Someone please find this trailer. Even though it most likely is scrapped by now simply because of the fact nobody even know the truck was the actual knight rider rig the trailer is even less important in most people’s eyes and semi trailers don’t actually last that long in comparison to the rigs. However it is only right that the two are reunited and restored after all this time. I think what you guys are doing is absolutely amazing. Keep up the great work. 👍🏼👊🏼

@TChighbury 3 года назад

This demonstrates the advantage of having 80's detective movies around at the same time as your favorite show

@punchbuggy13 3 года назад

dang, that list sounds so frickin cool, I would spend hours pouring over it

@keithdonnelly248 3 года назад

Absolutely incredible! Ever since I've found this channel it has brought my love for Knight Rider back after being dormant for so many years, half way through watching the series again and remembering some of the crazy ideas I had like getting a PMD seat to use as an office chair! On behalf of fan of Knight Rider, a huge Thank you for going to these great lents to save and document all these pieces that would of been forgotten and destroyed, all the very best in your future hunts as it's all about the trill of the hunt!

@80s90sGuy 3 года назад

Not only did you track it down, but you bought it aswell !... Thankyou 🤗 Damn how much did it cost may I ask? Anyway, it's in the best possible hands. True fans of Knight Rider.

@vanhetgoor 3 года назад

Maybe if you put big loudspeakers in the SoCal desert and play the German versions of the songs of David Hasselhoff, them maybe the trailer will come to you.

@audreyseddon9749 3 года назад

You guys are amazing for making all that effort to track down the original semi. I do hope that you find the trailer.

@CrucesNomad1 3 года назад

Not even broke in till it hits a million miles.

@JoeManLARockinEmpire 3 года назад

This is By Far the Best RU-vid Channel!👍👍

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

Thank you!!!

@RipRoaringGarage 3 года назад

As somebody that is trying to preserve the history of an automotive factory, my hats off to you. It takes a lot of work, money and drive. I know the drama too. In my case, I mostly failed and only saved two vehicles, two buses from this partocular factory. Neither were movie vehicles, although one was owned by a secret govt agency and transported foreigh dignitaries after the collapse of the USSR, as well as special forces in Afghanistan.

@danielsherrill7085 3 года назад

This is an awesome find! I didn’t dream the truck would still be around, let alone in as good condition as it is. Can’t wait to see what she looks like restores, and hopefully we’ll get to hear that big ol’ Cummins roar to life

@shawn396hoss 3 года назад

The only big thing I know about the trailer, is that MythBusters did an episode on whether or not you could actually drive into a trailer while it's moving, and they proved it was possible!! Great episode

@TheJinjiDucan 3 года назад

WOW, a piece of History, almost forgotten, is back in our hands. You Guys are the Best! 👍🏼

@stellaluuk2713 3 года назад

Sometimes old trailers that are no longer road worthy get parked and used for storage, you might want to look in that direction.

@mattskustomkreations 3 года назад

I was going to make a comment about how outrageously nerdy y’all are over Knight Rider, but it turned into WOW, what an incredible score & great detective work on getting and unlocking that Vista Group mainframe. Bravo!

@kman-mi7su 3 года назад

Cool find, almost as cool as when they found the iconic "Rubber Duck" Mack truck from the movie Convoy.

@valentinocule4691 3 года назад

What happended with that truck?

@johnwymer1215 3 года назад

They lost it during the dark of the moon on the 6th of June...

@kman-mi7su 3 года назад

@@valentinocule4691 It was sold and put to work after the film, there were actually 4 of them. One was wrecked during filming (bridge scene), one was never found and still out there somewhere, two were located. Of the two, one stayed in its original configuration and did years of west coast long haul work (it's been restored and if you type in "Rubber Duck Mack" here on RU-vid, the owner has video of it in its current state), the other was converted to a dump truck and the last I read still working as such, the owner will not sell despite many offers.

@84hachi 3 года назад

Would be sweet if Universal kept the sleeper cab in their storage or still have the plans so you guys can make a copy.

@hollywood3695 3 года назад

Just put a real sleeper on it this time paint it back to its Glory

@84hachi 3 года назад

@@hollywood3695 Thats not the point. Get the fake one from Universal or the plans to make it as it was on the show.

@hollywood3695 3 года назад

@@84hachi a real one a would be more functional and real + I doubt that the fake one still exists or the planes to make it. They would have to guess.

@MGower4465 3 года назад

Sometimes TV crews don't follow the plans to cut costs. Or, in the case of Emergency!, they got the plans for the LAFD EMT truck, and made it exactly as drawn, but LAFD itself didn't follow their own plans.

@Blackinterceptor999 3 года назад

Would most likely have to comb through all the footage of the semi and the trailer to replicate it

@detroitdiesel7074 3 года назад

“Racking up 239,000 miles....” for a semi that’s not bad at all, the 1981 auto car we have has half a mil on her and she’s ready for half a mil more with a little rebuild

@JAleksandr 3 года назад

My ‘06 Pete is VERY LIGHTLY used and I have 1.25 mil and wanting to get another at least 750k before I rebuild...

@wishusknight3009 3 года назад

The 90 mack cabover I bought from my uncle was up well over a million miles on its original engine. It had aminor rebuild at some point a couple of years before I got it. But for some reason it was down rated. My guess is my uncle thought it would under stress it. He is probably one of the most conservative and frugal people I have ever met and never cared about timetables, he got there when he got there. So it was listed as 275hp when i got it, And since then I have re-rated it at its more normal 331hp. Thing that amazed me was he pulled SuperB's with this. I guess there was something relaxing about climbing gradiants at 4mph.. But I can't see how that saved him any fuel.

@detroitdiesel7074 3 года назад

@@wishusknight3009 awesome story and sweet truck hope she keeps ticking!!

@wishusknight3009 3 года назад

@@detroitdiesel7074 Thankyou! It is not used in 'revenue" work any longer. It is mostly used a couple times a year to move a 45' reefer converted for hauling audio and lighting gear for a good friends local festival and the occasional event. I have also used it to help people move across country as well. It is also setup to be able to tow a decent sized 5th wheel camper during vacation season. I don't think I have even ever had it to 100% workload even once either. Its a pretty relaxing driving experience. The sleeper is pretty decked out for its age, and between my uncle and now me, have added a lot of little personal touches. I drove full time with it for a couple of years but that turned out to not really be my thing, and i would probably want something with a bit more power if I did so again. I bought it in 2005 and have tried to keep it pretty clean and in good shape. And I don't foresee ever putting enough miles on it to justify a rebuild or re powering it. It only gets a few hundred or couple thousand a year on it now at most. However it is driven regularly so it isnt just sitting.

@detroitdiesel7074 3 года назад

@@wishusknight3009 awesome! that’s cool that you get to enjoy it and bring it to a festival. I would love to go camping in our old truck but I bet the ride is something to be desired.....😂

@billbazen1287 2 года назад

I'm associated with the creator/executive producer of the mid 1970's NBC tv series Movin'On.The show was centered around two truckers and their Kenworth rig.One of two 1974 Kenworth show trucks used in the show is currently being restored.If you would like info on the folks who are doing the resto let me know.......Great find!

@bullhornzz 3 года назад

So awesome. As a huge fan of the show and a CDL holder I'd love to help with the restoration and take the owners for a drive in the MU! 🤗❤️💯

@pauldem544 3 года назад

At 6:03, the mileage when released to knight-rider the first time was 22 miles. 1201(Dec 1) was the date returned with 1523 miles. It went out again on 120184 with 1524 miles.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

Yes - you are about the 50th person to correct us! We made a mistake ;)

@pauldem544 3 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial Sorry, was browsing through the comments and didn't see it mentioned. Didn't want to pile on. Super awesome that you found it and got it.

@thebandit7408 3 года назад

The semi from smokey and the bandit 2 same thing happened to it and it's still in use to this day.and it still wears its orig paint

@ThatF-wv5yo 3 года назад

Who owns it?

@jerrykinnin7941 3 года назад

I remember they raffled off BJ McKay's truck in '85. I think a guy in Knoxville is running it OTR. 2 trailers one a conastoga flatbed and the other a 53 ft reefer. Painted to match just like the original.

@knight280700 3 года назад

What a great news! Wish you could make a video showing it up close, searching for all the little things that connect it to the show.

@andyl2221 3 года назад

That’s awesome. I am glad that you guys are preserving these items.

@TheMaxxboost 3 года назад

Huth & Palmgren P.I. This is like a Hollywood story. Love the part of restoring the data of that old mainframe computer. Insane story, really cool.

@christophermichael.w.7577 3 года назад

It is really cool that you were able to find and purchase the truck.

@digitalmagicAR 3 года назад

Gosh we are so fortunate to have the Knight Rider Historians figuring out all this great Knight Rider stuff! You guys are great!

@sgwaris8853 3 года назад

What if David the actor of Michael Knight find this video and says 🙂: Interesting, it's been a long time since I last saw semi.

@mattayres371 3 года назад

Great history from a marvellous "in the know" person!! Fantastic history of my favorite show!! 😉👍

@the.porter.productions 3 года назад

I always liked when the truck was shown. I’m a big Big Rig fan! I didn’t know that the sleeper was a fake one...unusual! Hope you find the trailer!

@Murph9000 3 года назад

Jamie Davis (Highway Thru Hell reality show) restored a 1980 GMC General, equipped as a 45 ton Holmes 1801 wrecker. He's an enthusiast for classic trucks, and might have useful information and contacts for your truck restoration.

@Borrelnoot1982 3 года назад

So awesome you guys were able to find the semi, especially also in the way HOW you got it. Hopefully some day you will be able to find the trailer. Thanks for finding and preserving these 80's gems !

@OCKNIGHTRIDER 3 года назад

Bless you guys Wilton Knight and Devon would be proud so would K.I.T.T. Congrats! "One Man can make a difference" - Wilton Knight

@781010042 3 года назад

Wow, what news. Unbelievable that you have found the truck and were able to buy it. And that after all these years. The best TV show of my childhood. I hope you can find the original trailer too, so that the unit is complete again. Keep us informed. 👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪💪🚛🚛🚛🚛🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚 Greetings from a 🇳🇱 fan

@oxwah 3 года назад

I was a little young for the original run of Knight Rider, and I still find this fascinating.

@colombiandude8420 3 года назад

That is FREAKIN awesome Joe !! Can't wait to see it all done !!

3 года назад

Amazing story! S03 and S04 semi looked really sleek in black with gold accents.

@johnruschmeyer5769 3 года назад

Now we just need a crossover between this channel and one of those channels where they rescue vintage semis and other diesel-powered vehicles.

@jimmymckay73 3 года назад

I've been in the trucking industry for almost 30 years and if that trailer got bought by a household moving company there is a very good chance it is still on the road today . I have worked on moving vans from the 70's . There trailers get light loads and tend to last forever .that is where I would hunt for it .

@brianhaygood183 3 года назад

Good point. Send an email to every truck repair shop you can. Someone maybe have seen it.

@vonbabasin9544 2 года назад

I worked in the Special Effects Steel Shop at Universal when Knightrider was shooting. We rigged the KITT car to have a hollow driver's seat so a stuntman could sit inside of it and make the car look driverless.. we worked on the semi trailer rigging the wenches that lowered the fake door down to allow KITT to drive up into it... I also worked on Jim Rockford's '74 Gold Firebird... we also worked on all the cars for the Blues Brothers and a horrible movie called The Car, a big black Lincoln possessed by a demon, before Christine... those were great days!

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 2 года назад

We would LOVE to talk with you more about your days at Universal, especially regarding Knight Rider. If we don't find the original trailer, we are going to re-create it, and your insight could be very valuable! Please email us at knightriderhistorians@gmail.com. Thanks!

@JamesBond-yw3dj 3 года назад

OMG.. You guys are awesome!! That is a very cool find. Once restored you have to let the fans see it at a show or something. Very cool 😎

@knightautopcd 3 года назад

So freaking bad ass ... good luck finding the trailer & we are waiting for Goliath to turn up next LOL

@Trainguy05 3 года назад

If you don't know already, SoCal was bought out by Transport America out of Eagan, MN. I know this because I used to drive for them. Hope this helps in some way. Good luck!!!

@michaelkliethermes468 3 года назад

The Smokey and the Bandit trailer was shown in a episode of theWalking Dead and it would have been 20 to 25 years old and was still recognizeable. It may have been repainted but from a distance it looked like the real thing.

@Nightcrawler666 3 года назад

Yea apparently that was a mistake. I heard that wasn't supposed to be in the shot.

@BigCS784 3 года назад

That wasnt the actual trailer

@robertinscoe2379 3 года назад

The trailer used in the Smokey and the Bandit movie was painted with water color paint so as not to damage the trailer as it was a rental. No record of any vin or id has been found so no way to prove the real deal. Would be neat to find it.

@joeyheaton 3 года назад

My wife and I did the TWD studio tour 2 years ago. The Bandit trailer was parked in the same spot where Negan killed Glenn and Abraham. It was one of the only areas they allowed us to take photos.

@MrJimbo666 3 года назад

Looking forward to see you guys restoring the General! This was my favorite show when i was a kid!

@beckygraham7824 3 года назад

This video made me speechless! It is unbelievable that you own both KITT and the FLAG semi! Seeing that semi in Knight Rider was the coolest part of the show! I feel like I could cry! You guys are like Indiana Jones looking for lost treasure! This video made my jaw drop!

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

Wow, thanks!

@beckygraham7824 3 года назад

You are welcome! Thanks for not only keeping the past alive, but also preserving it! Do you think Devon was predicting the future when he was asking what the semi would be used for?

@sammiwaddell5421 3 года назад

God I wish that was me 😭 I have a trans am right now just waiting to be turned into KITT after I graduate, and I've been looking for a General just for giggles and grins. I hope to go to car shows in the distant future with a trailer full of knight rider replicas (KNERD, KITT, KARR, etc) hauled by a GMC General. The dream is alive!!! God bless you guys and everything you do! I can't believe I didn't find you guys sooner!

@RobRebel72 3 года назад

This is amazing! I do think I have a correction for you, though. Please forgive me if I'm wrong. The mileage of the truck when it was handed over to Universal looks to have been 22 miles...not 1,201. The 1201 number is the "DATE IN", meaning it was returned on 12/01...with 1,523 on the odometer. And if you look at the next line, it was sent back out to Universal on 12/01/84, with 1,524 on the odometer. I would have LOVED to been involved in gathering this data from the old equipment.

@arnaudbesson7261 3 года назад

Amazing story! I had chills during watching your video. Semi was a precious artefact of 80's TV glory!

@SilentStorm4U 3 года назад

Great story and recovery of the truck....I was a big fan of the show back in the day....I also believe the trailer is probably used as a storage trailer and more than likely within the state it was last purchased in....get this msg out there to all the Truck stops and truckers and trucking companies local news... in that Area would be a great starting point....good luck hope it’s found 🤞

@johnlafornara4557 3 года назад

At 6:01, you say that the mileage was 1201 miles... I think you've misread the columns -- it looks like the mileage was 22 miles when they loaned it out on 02/07/84, and 1523 miles when they checked it in on December 1st. (1501 miles in 298 days.)

@Knightcowboy89 3 года назад

This explains why you never expressed interest in purchasing the Knight 4000 from VideoBob. You're saving up restore this bad boy. I commend this decision👍

@stevenplaskett7728 3 года назад

That car is trash. Now the car legit street cars has with the same body but a proper firebird with V8 power is more fun

@Spokavriel 3 года назад

@@stevenplaskett7728 its engine is blown and its in need of a lot of TLC. But to call any Movie history trash... Overly harsh. Even a PowerRangers fan might seek it out because of its use on screen hunting Ransick. It has some fun history making it worth preserving.

@mrjsv4935 3 года назад

Wow, that is really amazing find :) Best wishes that you'll find the trailer too! Maybe one day the GMC General, the original Knight Rider trailer and your screen used KITT can be reunited again :)

@styldsteel1 3 года назад

Imagine that. A truck used to haul produce. I've never heard of such a thing.

@j.r.777 3 года назад

My Dad was a long distance truck driver and I was a huge fan of Knight Rider as a kid. Because my Dad was a long distance truck driver I used to love semi trucks and always studied the details of them. I always loved The General semi on Knight Rider as well as “Goliath”. In fact, the Goliath episodes were my favorite ones because a majority of my memories of traveling all over the United States and Canada with my Dad, were mainly done in cabover semi trucks. This is the first video from this channel that I have ever watched and the video was randomly recommended to my by RU-vid. Because I am not very familiar with this channel (yet), I was curious of if the Goliath semi is also still around and if so, what is its condition? Thank you! And I look forward to seeing The General get restored back to her original glory. I also hope you guys find the trailer as well!

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! We haven't found Goliath....yet!

@j.r.777 3 года назад

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial, what kind of semi was Goliath? I don’t remember.

@bustyrandit 3 года назад

What a great story. Hats off for locating/buying/saving the FLAG Semi. As for the trailer, you might check within the monster truck community as that type of trailer is quite popular as a hauler. It would be ironic if it s being used as a hauler for the Bearfoot M/T.. Now I 'll add my vote to locating/restoring Golaith. Thanks for posting all the priceless K R info.

@Spokavriel 3 года назад

I'd like if it ended up in the WWF then WWE fleet myself. so many possibilities.

@user-jn7tc3tp2x 3 года назад

This is a fantastic video Joe, congratulations on this wonderful discovery!! What would be great is if you could find as many vehicles as possible that was used in the show. I mean, just think how good it would look if you tracked down Goliath, The Juggernaut etc. etc. You guys made us Knight Rider fans proud!!

@MetsaMan 3 года назад

Feel so sad to read word "cancelled" before name Knight rider.. it could have continued..

@thegreatgoddess9149 3 года назад

There was a 1990 something and later a 2008 spinoff but it didn't have the same vibe

@davesmith4032 3 года назад

It was a fun car to drive It PLATES that came random from the DMV was KMK 782 . I told people it stood off Kitt and Michael Knight. Car was built in July of 1982 I would tell them .It made for a good story. I had got lost in the Quad Cities late on night and drove through a gang street war . I heard gun shots and Got the helpless out of there. Thought I came out untouched but a couple weeks later I got a flat tire and had to change it . Pulled rear tire that's when I seen a bullet hole in the inner fender well .so I was pretty lucky..could of hit the gas tank or tire

@davethomas1241 3 года назад

oh my god you guys are amazing thank you for keeping knight rider alive

@turbo6598 3 года назад

This is the best 13 :58 in my life and not to top it off the coolest name for the truck The General

@jameshogue1639 3 года назад

Good job on the data recovery! That process should come in handy with other circumstances. 👍👍

@markmclaughlin8666 3 года назад

Great work Knight Rider Historians! I hope the trailer turns up some day to complete the set. I guess we will need to wait patiently to see if Goliath featured in that database as well? 😉😀