This feels like destiny.

I could quote a thousand songs, or novels. I could quote some or another countercultural or movement historical figure. I won't. Don't worry.

If you don't know me, this is a breif summery of who I am-
I am 28. I craft things and I write poems and I make art and I cook. I garden and I volunteer and I babble on and on about 'mutual aid' and I drive.  I drive back and forth accross the country trying to figure it all out.

Now, this bus. Where does this bus come in?

A few years ago I spent the better part of 6 months volunteering full time with Rainbow Rapid Response and Occupy Sandy.  I found my place in the world in the back of a U-Haul box truck with a propane flat top grill bungee chorded to the wall. I watched as a natural disaster decimated a place I care a hell-of-a lot about and then as people from accross the country each independently volunteered to do whatever it was that they could to help. I watched 'mutual aid' work.


After a short stint on the line at a 4 star restaurant I left to travel the country and figure things out. One after another I found like-minded people along the way. We all started talking about all the other people and all the other places. We started talking about creating a network of sustainable and alternative communities, various projects and events and the volunteers that make them thrive. We eventually dreamed up a fleet of independent but associated busses that performed certain tasks as they made their ways around the country from community to community, feeding people and acting as a free library/teach in center as they went.

In the fall of 2015 we had a meeting of about two dozen or so folks from a handful of independent but like minded farms and iniatives. We decided to try to become a non profit, to each indepentently try to build this thing together. The application was officially submitted in August 2016 for 'The People's Project' to become a recogized 501-c3 NPO, and now we wait.

In the meantime, that's where this bus comes in.


So now a little about this particular bus.The current owner described it as '58 in name only'

-Silver 92 Detroit non-turbo engine (diesel). Installed 4 years ago and currently has less than 10,000 miles.
-'mountain' 4-Speed transmission
-125kw diesel Kohler generator.
-12 volt system on auxillery batteries
-electric (peterbuilt) wiper conversion (originally air)
-NO SPLIT RIM TIRES.
-air ride/ air brakes
-basically everything has been rebuilt over the last 10 years.
-Seperate air conditioning unit included that sits atop bus (but looks ugly so he keeps it in the under carriage storage compartment)
-oh, speaking of storage- the 'basement' - four very spacious undercarriage storage spaces ...wait for it... with custom fabricated roll out steel slides for easy access AND custom installed hydrolic hinges (from the hood of a semi truck)
-The original bathtub from 1958.
-a new toilet
-50 gallon tank with hot water heater.
-grey water & black water system.
-gas lines and on board propane hook up. ..
-very very clean
-original paint and original interior
-Titled as a 'motor home' and does not require a CDL to drive
-meticulously kept paperwork, repair manuals and parts catalogues.


Inside, there is a seperate 'bedroom' space with it's own seperate door to the outside.  It is the perfect size to convert to the library/music space/community space. Just sayin'.

So, yes.

I want to use this particular bus as a conversation starter in reclaiming the future. I also want it to be my home while I dedicate myself to establishing a badass non profit organization.





The owner was originally asking $12,500 for it. I told him my story and he said he will come down to $10,000, throw in a bunch of extra little things and hold it in his barn for 6 months while I try to come up with his asking price. The down side is it needs tires (6) and 6 tires will probably end up being about $1,200. There will also be fees/tax etc. If I could somehow raise just HALF this ammount I'm pretty sure I can work my butt off for the other half in a few month's time. I have entered an agreement to pay the full ammount by March 1st 2017. But the sooner we can make this happen the better,  there is work to do!

Love always.
-Allie Dreads