Burnaby Auto Body is no stranger to tough jobs, but its most recent restoration is something the crew is especially proud of.
Brian Borsoff, owner of Burnaby Auto Body, and his team just finished restoring a 1959 GMC fire truck for the Delta Fire Department. The 57-year-old truck was in rough shape when it arrived just over a year ago, Borsoff said.
While the truck isn’t the oldest the crew has been hired to restore, it was the biggest job yet. Borsoff had to use a grinder to sand off the old paint and rust after two gallons (about 7.5 litres) of aircraft grade paint stripper failed to get the job done.
The project, while paid, is one of those things that gets done in between other jobs, Borsoff said, and boy does he have a lot on the go these days.
A FIX-EVERYTHING KIND OF BODY SHOP
Burnaby Auto Body handles typical body work, paint jobs, insurance claims, plus contract work for different film shoots in the Lower Mainland and maintenance for City of Port Moody vehicles, including police and fire. In what spare time Borsoff has left, he also does restoration work. The shop has restored four fire trucks, including the Delta truck and two Burnaby fire trucks.
THE PROJECTS JUST KEEP COMING
With the Delta job wrapped up, you’d think it’d be time for a rest, but that just isn’t Borsoff’s style. Next month, Burnaby Auto Body will start work on a fire truck from Princeton.
“I don’t turn away anything,” Borsoff laughed.
