Save these Antique Fire Engines in Peshawar, Pakistan

[continentalV12]

Having done that....we cleaned the wooden body with a super fine emry paper and left it as it is.....but with faded, scratched paint and damaged wood portions which had to be replaced plus a freshly painted fire wall....we had to paint the wooden body too. Another aspect which kind of justified repainting was that this truck had already been refurbished earlier in its life....so it wasnt the original paint. I hope Express Tv puts the clip here for everyone to see.....

[continentalV12]

@sidecrank - I totally agree and understand your suggestion. That is exactly what we had decided to do....just clean it up and preserve it. Parked with decades of dust on them made them look very sound but after having cleaned them we found out that most of the body hardly had any paint left...rust had penetrated through the paint and we had no option but to paint the fenders and the firewall.

[storm4X4]

mohsin has done what he can, when are you going t post up a new video?

[peshawargallery]

@storm4X4 THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT. A VIDEO REPONSE HAS BEEN ADDED AS AN UPDATE. GREAT JOB BY MOHSIN AND TEAM!

[sw8741]

the honor of these engines can only be fulfilled by leaving them in their place as they were last touched. my suggestion, buy the buildings (or atleast secure rights to keep them there) where they are now, protect them with appropriate temp and humidity controls, and make them a stop on a tour. along with all the historical info of the area at the time and the history to the present. enlist locals in the matter as it is part of their heritage.

[5h42z]

@sw8741 i think you are absolutley right he should do that

[sidecrank]

These engines are unique in being untouched,do not under any circumstances let any one near them with a paint brush!! They look to be in very good condition,just very light cleaning and oiling etc would be enough.What do you mean restore?Paint them with modern paint and lose all that history? I think you should mount a campaign to leave them exactly as they are so we can see how merryweather made and finnished their engines.

[5h42z]

@sidecrank i think that shall do the trick with them

[BRENTHENRY1989]

sounds like a job for jay leno ;)

[faiz2skhan]

yar charta pa kabar ye khars ka, pa de gand sa kay. kho kabare ba ye hum asi wankhle.

sahi khabara da "za darna poza prekom ao ta pezwan ghware"

[Badzoq]

za darna poza prekoma ao tha pezwaan ghuawary......................­.ahahahha

[razzzakhan]

Dear Ali Jan, what kind of money do you think it wil take?

[shahzadkhan007]

Hi, SCN you guys are doing great job in preserving NWFP, culture and relics. May Allah bless you. Soon I will join you too.

Shahzad Khan

[SUVENASINGH]

I understand that Genius of the Lamp, which is a company based in Birmingham, England has the abilities to restore such projects. I hear they have an unrivalled reputation for extremely good quality restorations and also that their attention to detail is unsurpassed.

[angaar69]

did anyone call these guys?

[MintChocChipLtd]

perhaps developing nuclear weapons is more important? haha- good luck, they are great machines

[yassarkhattak]

Dear SCN:

Do u suppose the beaurocratic red tape can be avoided in doing so?