" I was looking right at him , " declared Eldon Elliott , owner of Elliott ' s Body Shop , recalling the two occasions when McVeigh , now 29 , entered his shop -- on April 15 , 1995 , to reserve a truck and pay the $ 280 . declared Contact.Contact.Meet rental fee in advance ; and on April 17 to pick up the 20 - foot Ryder truck . He said McVeigh used the name " Robert Kling . "