Say hello to “Blossom” a 1964 Split Window VW Single Cab truck that was purchased in August of 2023 from a car import/exporter our of Miami named Jose.

This cutie pie spent it’s life running the streets of Paraguay. She was discovered hiding in a garage looking a little disheveled and in need of a lot of TLC. Being a car guy Jose wasn’t swayed by the task at hand. He hired a retired German engineer living in Paraguay to fully restore this sweet truck. After 2 years of hard work she made her journey via shipping container state side to the port of Miami, fully restored and painted a pretty color of turquoise.

In August of 2023 a friend of Stephanie’s had spotted the truck for sale on Facebook Marketplace of all places and alerted her immediately, can you say enabler? They quickly messaged Jose and a couple hours later the truck was secured for Posies. Stephanie then took a day trip to Miami to sign paperwork and the very next day Blossom was headed to Tampa via car trailer.

When we find a truck in this condition, in Florida, priced fair, restored with maybe 10-20% left to do, that’s our sweet spot, plus the color was so stinking cute, we couldn’t let this one get away!

Fun note, after signing the paperwork in Miami, Stephanie climbed into her car to drive home and the song Sugar Magnolia by the Greatful Dead was playing on her car radio. The very first line heard was “Sweet blossom come on under the willow.” So there it was, her new name, Blossom!

We had an idea for her future from day one which involved parking her permanently inside an iconic Tampa favorite location. A new concept for us! This was even before the iconic Tampa spot knew of our intentions. Sometimes you just have to go for it! We did decide despite parking her inside we still wanted to make sure she was mechanically sound in case she needed to hit the streets. She had a lot of mechanical work done and after a few weeks she was then sent off to paint. As much as we loved her turquoise color we needed her in our brand color of our recognizable “Posies Blue.”

All of this was completed in August of 2024, just in time for 2, not 1, but 2 hurricanes. Our warehouse location had flooded with Hurricane Helene and we knew with the one-two punch of Hurricane Milton coming just 10 days after Helene, we had to seek higher ground. All of our trucks were moved around Tampa Bay, to what we thought were safe locations. Well little did we know our “safe” location for freshly restored and painted Blossom would suffer a freak 4 foot flash flood. The water was all the way inside the engine bay, the cab and had scratched the newly painted bumpers. Thankfully the water was fresh and not salt water. Once again, we had to do more mechanical work, repaint her in spots and make sure nothing was badly damaged, which we’re happy to report all is well with Miss Blossom!

The best part about this story, we DID land ourselves INSIDE the iconic Tampa location, Armature Works, just 2 months after Milton, despite having no offices to work from and a mess of a warehouse that was barely inhabitable. Now Blossom is doing what she does best, making the people of Tampa Bay happy with delivering the most beautiful flowers we can procure. The stories this old truck could share from 1964 to today, adding a hurricane and then still working as a truck is nothing short of remarkable!

We hope you enjoy Blossom, the survivor, when you see her give her a little love tap for all that she has endured!