Barn Find Hunter

The Fire Engines that Saved our Cities & Why they are Disappearing (12x1)

Date de diffusion: Jan 21, 2025

Tom visits one of the last remaining fire engine restoration shops, located in rural Maine. Andy Swift, a retired New York firefighter turned vintage fire engine restorer and expert, has been collecting a wide variety of fire engines, tankers, ladder trucks, and even horse-drawn fire carriages. Andy gives Tom an in-depth tour and explains the struggles and hardships that come with such a niche job and hobby, as well as what could ultimately lead to the decline of the hobby.