A man has spent over £25k making the car from the Knight Rider TV show, which is now worth around £40,000. Rich Barker initially bought the 1984 Pontiac Firebird in 2015 and spent two years and £26,840 transforming it.
The 44-year-old, from Frodsham, Cheshire, managed to dodge around £15k in labour costs by doing all the work himself, helped out by his job as a car paint sprayer.
Now Rich enjoys taking the car out in the sunshine as well as car events to raise money for charity. He said: "I think it would be a crime to keep it hidden away in garage or something.
It doesn't do the car any good not to be driven either. I always get amazing reactions from people when I'm out for a drive.” READ MORE: Boy, 16, taken to hospital after attack near Trafford Centre When Rich bought the car it required a full restoration, as well as the added details to make it look as authentic as possible. "I spent about two years restoring it mechanically and then another year turning it into the Knight Rider car,” he continued. “Externally, the car in the show isn't that different to the 1984 Firebird, it just needed a new nose comb with a little red scanner light in it, and things like that "Inside is where the real work needed to be done so that you can sit in it and actually feel like you're in the car from the show.
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