FIRE TRUCK NUTS & BOLTS (hardcover), Jerry Boucher, 1993
Building fire trucks isn't something learned in school. The art of fire truck building is handed down from generation to generation.
Today's fire truck builders use modern tools, but never forget the craft skills passed down to them. Watch a fire truck being built - from the design, to the chassis delivery, to the pump installation, through all the intermediary steps, to the final gold leaf painting.
Although aimed at juveniles, this book can provide good information about the complexity, and resulting costs, of fire trucks.
9 5/8" x 8 3/8", 40 pages, 49 color photos, HARDCOVER VERSION BF8410 / $22.60
Note: also available in softcover version