No Normal Day II (Unity) by Richardson J

Author:Richardson, J. [Richardson, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J. Richardson
Published: 2013-06-21T00:00:00+00:00

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This was the coldest time of year for this part of the country. The mechanics, however, wanted to be in the shop and working. They had gathered the materials and built a version of Jack's rocket stove. Jack had finally got past his old fireman paranoia and approved. The rocket stove theory was that it burned clean and took very little fuel to make a hot fire. They placed it in the corner of auto shop. It helped take the edge off of the winter temps. All the mechanics layered up their clothes and worked away in the Casa Dos double garage.

They wanted to get the bus project done and move on to the big bad machine. They located a small bus that had been a transport for a big nursing home. The find was in a huge salvage yard, surrounded as the law required by a tall fence. The men knew when they got inside the acres of auto skeletons and parts and pieces that they had struck it rich. Not only would they find their bus, there was a wealth of cars from nearly new to antique old. They would eventually plunder this treasure trove for their pet project. For now, they had settled on the mini bus from the Peaceful Valley Senior Citizens Home.

It would take the newly in-service water tanker, to pull the bus to the auto shop. Getting the tanker running had been good experience for the mechanics. It still took about a month of working most days, to get the bus back in running order. There was a damage on the back and side of the bus. They bolted metal armor plates onto the sides. The men agreed, the name of the senior citizen home had to disappear. The inside was in good clean condition and there were seats for about 30 people. New tires were put on. By the end of the month, Unity had an armored bus in it's fleet. It was stored at the Fire Station, where the water tanker was kept. The station was a good place to store spare tires and extra automotive maintenance supplies.

They thought they were nearly to the day when they could work on their mean machine project. It was still about a month away, to their disappointment. The lake group had no transportation and neither did Joel. Joel had actually owned a small electric hybrid, before the event. It was deep fried. At the wrecking wonderland they had recently discovered, these needs were filled. Gilley's lake group became the proud new owners of a vintage van. It was old enough that the mechanics had it running quickly. The rusted out side didn't matter, as it was fitted with bolted on metal plates like the other vehicles. A Volkswagen bug, suited Joel just fine. This Unity armored vehicle fleet was certainly not sharp looking. They roared around the three square miles of Unity and sometimes outside on scavenging trips and water hauls. Beauties or not, they darn sure did the jobs that were necessary for the survival of these unified groups.

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