1983 Mercedes 300d Paint Colors
Behold "The Immaculate Mercedes."
To appearance his abutment for his admired Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-year-old Martin Reese spent about 90 hours over the accomplished three weeks customizing his 1983 Mercedes Benz 300D into a rolling accolade to the AFC champions. The aerial academy art abecedary from Daytona Beach, Fla., hand-painted the car atramentous and chicken with a Steelers logo on the hood, Ben Roethlisberger(notes) on the commuter ancillary aperture and a psychedelic, abounding accolade to Troy Polamalu(notes) and his Samson-like locks on the trunk. Good affair he didn't acrylic James Harrison(notes) on it or abroad that car would be hitting everything.
Reese started the project, which he called afterwards the 1972 Franco Harris bolt that became one of the better moments in Steelers history, afore the AFC championship game. It was a chancy hypothesis seeing as how the Steelers still had to comedy the New York Jets afore advancing to the Super Bowl. He didn't let that little amount avert him though. "I had acceptance they would exhausted the Jets," he told the Orlando Sentinel.
After commutual the activity this week, Reese took off for Dallas in the car. He doesn't accept a admission to the bold but expects to be accustomed by Steelers nation with "open arms."
Our alone allotment of advice: Be accurate if you anytime drive the "Immaculate Mercedes" through Cleveland or Baltimore. Admitting we anticipate it's a adept assignment of art, it's adamantine to brainstorm Browns or Ravens admirers agreeing.
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