Or, if you prefer, call it the Troy Polamalu Hair Car. At any rate, Martin Reese, 27, of Daytona Beach spent 90 hours transforming his 1983 Mercedes-Benz into a rolling Steelers tribute by painting every inch of that sucker. That includes the back end, as you see here, adorned with Polamalu’s flowing locks. From the Orlando Sentinel (via Ben Maller):
An art teacher at Pine Ridge High School in Deltona, Reese began transforming his car into a moving piece of art three weeks ago. At that point, the Steelers were still in the playoffs.
“I had faith they would beat the Jets and go on to the Super Bowl,” Reese said. He finished earlier this week.
Since then, he has been driving the car to work, much to the enjoyment of his fellow Steelers fans.
He also got some grief from Packers fans, who reminded him that their team is favored to win.
“They appreciated the artwork,” Reese said.
On Wednesday afternoon, Reese departed for Arlington, TX, in the car. Wait … the ’78 Packers Convertible left Wisconsin for the Super Bowl on Monday!
And somewhere near Albuquerque, the two cars arrived at a 7-Eleven at the same moment, both trying to get into the one remaining parking space. …
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Super Bowl-bound Daytona Beach man honors Pittsburgh Steelers by painting his Mercedes [Orlando Sentinel]
