Looks so much better now. I can even imagine it back in black, with gold trim and Knight logo in its rightful place. Fantastic work Joe.

Good use of the Sawzall on those belly boxes. David Letterman once said “with the right power tools, ANY rental car can be a convertible.”

Have you thought about maybe creating an Amazon Wishlist of supplies you need like, saw blades, sandpaper, screws or just anything you need to do the work on the trailer? That way fans could help out that way too.

@keger7994

2 жыл бұрын

That's actually a pretty brilliant idea. I know you can donate through Patreon, but then Patreon gets their cut, whereas an Amazon Wishlist would essentially be a no-fee option. It would also give a stronger sense of participation (for example if you buy a $15 saw blade that makes an appearance in one of the videos you can say "hey I bought this!", something you couldn't do had you made a $15 cash donation instead).

Looking more and more like the original. Just getting rid of the side skirts was a major improvement!

Never in the field of 80s TV show vehicle restorations was so much owed by so many keen YT subscribers to so few dedicated historians!

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love this.... I have always loved this show. im 39 now... i owned a 87 firebird formula Red with black interior.. i loved it...

As Knight Rider fans from Australia, definitely loving being able to tune in to see the dedication and commitment to one of our favourite TV Shows of all time and seeing how awesome it is to find the original FLAG Truck and Trailer, so you can restore it back to its original glory!! Far too much history has been lost over the years with so many different things, so to see these kinds of fantastic projects keeps inspiring people and in the process, generates more and more interest around the world. We will do our little bit to promote this project to as many Knight Rider Fans as we can from Australia, New Zealand and abroad! Cheers guys!🌏

I am glad i stumbled onto this channel. I loved knight rider as a kid. The fact you have original show vehicles and not just building replicas is awesome.

Keep these updates coming! The trailer looks so much better, we should have called this episode "Knight of a Thousand Cuts". Joe, I was hoping you would show the intro video occasionally that debuted on the trailer reveal video! Keep up the good work, & stay safe❕ Hello from (Cactus) Phoenix Arizona❗🔥

"ONE MAN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE " sorry I had to do it 😆. Great update Joe and great video. I get goose bumps thinking about how it used to be and how it will look again. All the best to you all.

Coming on nicely Joe, I look forward to the reveal day when the outside looks like the old FLAG truck again, but its also just as much fun to see it all being done, thanks for sharing

Many of the lights were under warranty when sold so the date code might still be on the back of them. Some were burned into the plastic and others were printed with the old dot matrix air jet printers. A lot of these manufactures are still in business if you need help deciphering the codes. The crossover line you put on the tractor could be incorrect for the period. Most fuel and air lines should have been Stratoflex lines with DOT numbers on both the lines and fittings. Any line, fitting, light or various other things have got to be DOT approved and are stamped stating so.

Just to confirm: Yes, in California, the plates go with the vehicle when it's sold rather than staying with the owner. (I've found that people out here are often a bit baffled about the idea that the plates might stay with the previous owner!)

@True_Knight

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Plates belong to the vehicle, not the owner. The only exception is personalized plates. Those belong to the owner and can be retained and assigned to a different vehicle.

Even though it's obviously already confirmed this is the FLAG semi, it's still super cool any time you find some new clue as to its history on the show.

In California, the plate follows the vehicle from dealership to the salvage yard. The only difference is if you have a vanity plate and then you can keep those.

@VIW3784

2 жыл бұрын

How can I trace California plates online, I tried previously but was told this changes with owner?

Don’t sand the paint inside the trailer, first try and use a steam gun to lift it without sanding and it may or may not be totally successful but there’s a chance it will work and might Reveal some interesting original feature, worth a try in my opinion, all else fails you can always still sand it later 👍🏽

This is the kind of effort that only comes from real passion and love for something. Exactly the kind of passion projects I love to see over ones done purely to keep expanding a channel. Long may it last.

Looking at a few stills. I think the secondary ramps that came out worked on a ladder like idea. where you have two pulleys and a fixed point. The winch would pull in and that would extend the ramps. when it was going up You would have to have the winch in reverse so it would go out letting the ramp in due to gravity.

@XqeDiosxqe

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what i was thinking.....you can clearly see the ramps begin to extend out when ever the rear hatch was opening.,.... hence e the reason why each ramp has its own winch and it could be seen on trailer till this day.

Always been a huge Knight Rider fan since I was a little kid through all generations of KR to! Thanks and keep up the hard work!

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The 3 marker lights in the middle are actually required by the DOT. They are Identification lights. Their on any vehicle that's wider than a certain number. If you notice the new Ford raptor has them,there's a reason.

I was never a big fan of the show, but I am a HUGE fan of "hollywood" history and nostalgia research. I have subscribed for probably half a year now, because I love the history and the research. I admire your passion and intense desire to find every last detail and document what you learn in the finest detail.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!!

@jenniferwhitewolf3784

2 жыл бұрын

@@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial I am hooked! Love what your doing, please keep it up👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Kudos to you for working in that heat and humidity. Just don't kill yourself trying to please us.

It never ceases to amaze me how much time, money and effort people will expend to keep their childhood alive. :D

Im so glued to this restore! Still can't believe that you found the actual screen used trailer !!!! Just too cool ! Love these update videos!!!

You should check to see if any of the Previous owners has the original license plate

Looking better each time! I am still amazed you found the original trailer!

I wish I could help with restoration and tear down and rebuild of it but I live in Colorado I enjoy watching the history and preservation of Knight Rider History and bringing the show back to life Thank you for keeping this history alive and preserving it for future generations to enjoy

Totally cool, only thing better then watching the restoration is seeing the finished product, back to Knight Rider days....... Thank You

Looking good. On a side note regarding the colour of the trailer, I've just rewatched the first couple of episodes from the first season (Bad Day at White Rock and Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular) and the trailer is actually painted white so I suppose that technically you could leave it white and it would still be correct to the show

Getting better and better. If you can move your finger, you definitely didn't break it. I had an injury on my left foot a couple of years ago and it took me around 25 min before I could feel two of my fingers again, even though it wasn't broken. Get better soon. Thanks for sharing this video and those pieces of evidence.

I just love seeing all this come together. So many memories I had with the show.

Very interesting Joe,I wonder what other gems you will find.I wonder if you will use it to keep your KITT in when it's finnished.

Absolutely loving this restoration! Such a great channel. Keep up the amazing work.

I actually remember watching Knight Rider and I remember the truck and I did look at it closely I'm glad you got it keep up the good work

I’m so glad y’all found the trailer

Well done, its taking shape and thats what matters. Loving this restoration.

Yeah please ! Keep the update video's coming ! Knight Rider Rocks !

Love how u keep banging out videos almost weekly!

Joe I can’t wait for you restore the semi it’s going to look amazing once it is.

I been a knight rider fan since the show started on tv

I got this feeling once all the work is done the results will be worth the wait.

In CA the plate stays with the car when you are buying/selling a used car. Its been like that as long as I can remember.

I can't wait to see it completely done

It's fun how you continue to find new details!

Great video! Keep up the great work and dedication!

"Sawz-All" -- the world's most accurately named tool re: the ramp, you should just remove that existing ramp, and remount it 3" higher, then reskin it to match the show. It's there, it works, and most importantly, it has the correct structure to act as a ramp for a heavy vehicle.

Chipping away at it! Good work. Thanks for sharing

Suggestion for getting that upper deck down. what about lowering it, then disconnect the hydro at the top, bolt them to the front and use it to lower it.

😎😎😎Your knowledge and attention to detail is amazing Joe. Already it's looking impressive. 😎😎😎

Your end marker lights up top are the same shape as the originals, however, those are LED lighting as seen by the 3 bubbles across the middle of the lights.. LOOOOVE all this btw..

Just wait until you guys can arrive as guests at a comic con of some kind with the OG Semi truck & KITT!

Love how this is coming along great to see it returning to how it was 👍

Awesome Work Joe, Thanks 👍👍👍😎 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

excellent video thank you for the update on the kitt hauler

I wonder if the original people that purchased this trailer knew or suspected it was from the show. When it was black it sure wasn't quite exactly common looking. This is a really fascinating series. Doing great work. I noticed the license plate right before you pointed it out. ha ha this stuff is fun eh? Frankly I am still stoked you found the trailer.

Could yall imagine trying to do this in the 90s without the internet it would be darn near impossible to track down anything

Still blows my mind you managed to find the trailer. Do you know if any of the previous owners were aware of the history of the trailer as a trailer celebrity?

Step by step the project goes forward, details investigated, like this top trim mystery, cool stuff :) I hope the removal of that tilting roof goes well, looks like it may be heavy. Also, wondering how safe it is to be under that roof now, if say, some hydraulic hose fails, does the roof drop down immediatly, what's keeping it up there, only those hydraulic cylinders?

Really cool findings!

11:44 I see at the top part of the ramp above the piece that goes across the ramp where the two pieces slide out from it. They're sticking up a little bit

Thanks for all

Every step it looks better and better.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos I am watching from South Africa

Its looking 1000x better Joe 👍

On video it looks like you didn’t do much, on real life 8 hours of working,sweating a little bit of harsh language and pain. I appreciate everything you are doing. God Bless.

Thank you Glen Larson!

Love these type of videos

Have you seen the ramps on the step van in the one season episodes of Blue Thunder? The ramps seem to look quite similar to the ramps in the Knight Rider truck. Its worth checking out because the detail may be greater in these.

Knight historians any progress on the paint job on the GMC General ? Any progress on the fake sleeper for the back of the semi. You are going to restall the dock plate on GMC General as well ? Right. Looking forward to seeing semi & trailer back to the way it was on the show. Great job Eric & Joe & historians. Keep the videos comun

with other words, keep this ramp, ad an L-bracket on top to mount the lights as used to. and ad a really smal piece to the ramp to simulate the original length and make it tug and snug as on the show. paint the stainless black and ad the fake hinges and locking mechanism🤗.

Closing credits music - brilliant touch!

As you were cutting away i saw the beads of sweat forming on the back of your t-shirt lol. I think the entire Country is in the middle of a bad heatwave. I'm in North Carolina and it is also over 90 degrees here and with humidity just fuggettaboutit. I feel your pain.

Looking great!

Close too the real one !! Good work ...

You are correct. In California,once a plate is assigned to a particular vehicle, it belongs to that vehicle. Unlike here I Louisiana the plate belongs to the person and can be transfered from vehicle to vehicle

Looking good, I wonder what other screen used vehicles in knight rider still exist today!? I'm guessing you don't want anymore tho!

Just a note... DOT front and rear lighting is a light near the left width edge, three in the center and one on the right side edge... The show lighting is not DOT if it was just three in the center and you'd be liable to get some serious tickets if you took it back on the highway without correct lighting.

@CR7659

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the outer lights were on the side of the trailer.

Wow that is starting to look better. Kitt and Michael knight would like it. The flag semi.

While watching the bit about the gap at the top of the ramp, maybe the dimensions of the ramp is the same as the original ramp, I remember you showing us how the base of the trailer had been altered which would mean the door is set slightly lower compared to how it was on Knight rider that would account for the gap at the top

Great video!!

Nice work !

Time for blasting!

Thank you to convert Fahrenheit already to Celsius! Great thank you for this!

Looks like the studio put that L-panel in there to meet up with the ramp for the show. How it is now is probably more like the trailer would have been. That L-panel could have been getting rusty by the time they came to do the new ramp which might be why they decided to just get rid. The markers from the show being different also point to this because those three in the middle may have always been there, covered by the panel then the outers just added rather than throw them out with the panel.

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are absolutely correct!

That new door is actually a bit taller than the Knight Rider door, I've just rewatched the older video showing how the trailer floor has been altered so the door is mounted 4.5 inches lower than when on the show, but the gap at the top is only 2 inches, meaning the door that's on there now is about 2.5 inches taller than the old door that was on the show, the extensions that come out the door on the show also had to be there because the trans am has quite a long nose and a low ground clearance, if the extensions was not on the ramp the trans am would catch its nose on the initial approach angle and probably ground entering the trailer at the top of the ramp

@dalehovland3283

2 жыл бұрын

Could have a fabrication shop rework that door once the floor is at the proper height.

Just thinking.... David Hasselhoff wouldn't have really spent much time in the actual Trailer... If a stunt guy drove into it, and the interior scenes were shot on a set... 🤷🏼‍♂️ (just a thought)

@dh2032

2 жыл бұрын

well it was real truck, inside, like all the trucks, owned studio, it was used to move the on location stuff to location, and back afterwards (and this truck, had an extra task, as prop in it own right) after the film shots, are there certain the two floor ramp was not there all the time, just full up, or fully down, would make more sense having space for two hero cars, in one truck, if only the extra space, prop's light's or what ever, is need to make the show?

@davidjames1389

2 жыл бұрын

@@dh2032 I know they usually used those big car haulers to take the KITT cars to set, but I'd be surprised if they didn't use the actual Semi itself for that now and then, just when it happened to be more convenient.

Its work you are doing to restore the trailer

@wimpretorius1683

2 жыл бұрын

Is coming on very nice & it's coming more to the original trailer

I put money those original marker lights are dual bulbs. Still common and easy to get. Trucklite part number 1259.or 1264, but I think it's a 1259. Other companies also make that light I just know the Trucklite number. They also have single bulbs in that size but I think the duel is correct

Yes in the state of California when a license plate is issued to a vehicle it stays with that vehicle regardless who owns it until the new owner turns the plate in to get a different license plate. Now if it's personalized plates those plates stay with the owner and can be transferred from vehicle to vehicle.

Definitely a progress. Good work - at the cost of your own skin. Go!

Nice progress. 5 ⭐️’s

Definitely draining in the humidity to work on anything. Need something to drink after that. It's neat seeing the close up details of the trailer. I'd like to know what the decal is of the girl and beaver where on the rear door when the race team had it.

Those hydraulic rams and pump may have been those used for raising and lowering the original rear door / ramp.

if you can still bend youre pinky its not broken , mightve squised one of the tendons and the swelling is causing it to work a little painfull (look intoo trigger finger and carpel tunnel syndrome)

marker lights are on the bottom/ side of the trailer the top lights are clearance lights, truckpro or fleet pride should have the ones your looking for,

Just curious, have you guys received any calls/messages from any of the production staff, ect. on the fact your found the semi/trailer and are restoring them?

@KnightRiderHistoriansOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Yes we have actually!

Hi Joe. I can't wait to see what other facts and opinions you have on the FLAG Semi trailer. Maybe some of KITT's scenes to replicate? How about more at the lounge? Who knows what else is here? Just blast me something related to the show. Thanks!👍

Jeez…I sat through this whole video and not one nude photo…but I am glad you upgraded the crocs! Just kidding but great video as always…I hope the trailer will be ready for the 50 year anniversary.

So an average Aussie day weather wise but I love the fact your restoring the knight foundation truck an over on twin stick he's building snowman's tribute truck from smokey an the bandit just wish someone was doing a bj McKay tribute one these are my three most favourite trucks growing up

Hey Knight Rider Historians, I emailed you guys about the fuel hose, is it still available?