[Benjamin]

The Blue Bomb. A 1972 Shortbed Stepside. I got it in the fall of 1996 for $1800, and I was the 3rd owner. The original owner had installed a 250 inline 6 GM crate motor a few years before I got it, and it had about 10k miles on it. The 2nd owner installed a new-used 3 speed transmission (3 on the tree) at some point during the few years they had it. It had dents in every body panel, except the hood. One of the cab corners was rusted through and had been patched with a coffee can, but as best as I can remember everything else, including rockers, was pretty solid. Interior was plain, but very clean. It had a claxon, also known as the "a-rooo-ga" horn. I drove it 20 miles each way to school every day of my senior year, occasionally getting the speedo around to the 1-0-0 line.

This photo was taken the day of my senor prom in 1997, and we didn't have a limo, just an old blue truck.

On a rainy night in the fall of 1997 I got t-boned in the passenger side by a one-ton ford, smashed the cab and bent the frame. I sold the motor to a co-worker and The Blue Bomb went to the junkyard.