1987 300D turbo #1, aka The Blue Bomb

Finally, after over 3 years of collecting stuff I packed the Blue Bomb up, sent her to the bodyshop and decided on the paint scheme. I had seen a 190E in Europe that looked like what I wanted to achieve and I believe I came pretty close. The body panels and AMG gen1 ground effects/rocker panels are painted a Saab color, Arctic silver. In the bright sun the silver shows a bluish tint. The side panels are not high gloss clearcoat rather a matte finish that looks better to me. The rear bumper pad is from a '94-'95 and is charcoal black for contrast. If I had to do it over again I would stick with the early W124 bumper because the impact pads are soft and recover from contact with another car while parking, etc. The 94-95 strips are made of a hard plastic and I wonder how that even absorbs energy because its not backed by the foam filler pads that the early 124's use. The later impact strips wrap around towards the rear wheel well and looks a bit more refined even if that doesn't serve any added purpose.