On April 14 McVeigh's 1983 Pontiac station wagon blew a head gasket just as he was pulling into Junction City, Kansas, after making the final trip from Kingman, Arizona. At a service station in town, McVeigh bought a 1977 Mercury Marquis for $250 plus the title of the Pontiac. After completing the transaction, McVeigh used a pay phone to call Elliott's Body Shop in Junction City, which also rented Ryder trucks. McVeigh, using the name Robert Kling, told the owner that he needed a truck to haul five thousand pounds to Omaha, Nebraska (about the same distance from Junction City as Oklahoma City). He reserved a truck and said he would be back the next day to complete the paperwork. Then, McVeigh took his battered Mercury and drove to the Dreamland Motel. McVeigh registered and paid for four nights under his own name, but he listed his...