In our continuing effort here at foursixteen.net to keep you all abreast on events surrounding and purtaining to David Hasselhoff, I thought I would let you know of a recent article I came across about a classic piece of Hasselhoff memorabilia up for sale.
When David Hasselhoff gets his driving record in order, there's a set of hot wheels for sale that just might interest him: the Knight Industry Two Thousand, or KITT, for short.The "highly modified" 1983 Pontiac Trans Am, which costarred with the suitably buff Hasselhoff on NBC's Knight Rider from 1982 to '86, is among the nearly 500 Hollywood trinkets, treasures and Ten Commandments tablets going up on the auction block Friday.
Joseph M. Maddalena of the Beverly Hills-based memorabilia dealer Profiles in History said he expects bidding on KITT to open at $35,000.
"Nineteen-Eighties television is just huge," Maddalena says. "That's all people want. It's just the ultimate pop culture icon, and that's what the KITT car is."
As far as Maddalena knows, this is the first time a KITT car--yes, there was more than one--has been offered for public sale. The roadster being put on the auction block by Maddalena's company was featured in the tire-squealing action-drama's second season.
Maddalena won't reveal the identity of the KITT owner (and seller), but he confirmed it's not Hasselhoff, who's due in a Los Angeles court Oct. 28 to be arraigned on a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge.
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