Well guys, despite some opposition and due to my limited budget I installed that bumper from 1977 244 DL to my 1988 245DL and now I wish I took the matching front one as well, but it's too late it's gone to some boneyard. The best price I came up with locally for a used bumper with bump struts was about $300.00 I paid $50.00 which included both front seats and as gas cap which doesn't fit my car at all, Oh well. So now I will look for a matching aluminum front bumper, assuming that will fit???? It just goes to show you never know what you can do, til you try it. So I have one good bumper strut to get rid of, and the black bumper cover from 1988 245 DL
Dan snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com not the from address it's bogus for a reason