Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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.

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