metamorphosis
There was a time where Fire and Ice ruled our world. Later a time where horses made us go beyond fronteers. In the beginning of the XX Century, man made a step in motion development that will be rembered in eternity. To the old days....
Unicorn Invictus
The Speedster
Thunder and Fire reunited in a mesmerizing orchestra
fter three years of regularly searching through different online portals, I finally found the perfect rig — in 2015.
I traveled to El Paso, Texas, to inspect it…
and to figure out how, on earth, I could get it across the border into Mexico.
I was deeply impressed — and somehow moved — to see a once proud and beautiful fire truck lying in the dirt, tired and surrendered to its fate, ready to be thrown into the melting pot.
Someone had already tried to make omething out of it, disfiguring it completely.
Maybe that was my luck…
The gearbox, the rusted chains, the splintered wooden wheels — everything was still there.
At the same time, I thought I’d never get it done — not with my cautious, sensible attitude.
So I decided to switch off my reason, fall in love with this ton of iron, and take small steps — one after another.
I let it come toward me…
It took me two years to figure out the transport.
Too many questions. Too many hazards.
But somehow… we did it — the Mexican way — and it worked.
In October 2017, after a journey of one thousand and one miles, the old chassis finally arrived in Querétaro.
That’s when the real work began.
I turned our family garage into a stripping shop. Built a portal crane beside the sturdy jib crane.
It was chaos — a total no-go zone for my family, who wisely kept their distance whenever they could.
I started taking everything apart — down to the bare bones. Fire, water, ice, and a twenty-ton press became my daily companions.
My toolbox grew with monstrous tools I never imagined I’d need.
Hydrojet, diesel, gasoline, solvents…
The petrified grease clung to the metal like it had been welded on.
I used hammer and chisel to break through it — until the hidden ngineering began to shine again.
No rust.
No damage.
Just timeless craftsmanship…
waiting to breathe once more.
It took him two full years to figure out the transport. Too many questions, too many risks. But in the end, he says with a smile, “We did it the Mexican way — and it worked.”
In October 2017, after a journey of 1,001 miles, the century-old chassis finally rolled into Querétaro. That’s when the real work began. The family garage was quickly transformed into a makeshift stripping shop. A new portal crane joined the existing jib crane, and soon the place turned into what he calls “an absolute no-go zone for my family — they kept a safe distance whenever possible.”
Piece by piece, he dismantled everything down to the bare bones. Fire, water, ice, and a 20-ton press became his daily companions. The toolbox grew with monstrous instruments he had never imagined owning — a hydrojet, diesel burners, solvents, gasoline. The petrified grease clung to the metal like it had been welded on. Hammer and chisel were the only way to break through, revealing the precision engineering hidden beneath decades of neglect.
And there it was: no rust, no damage — just timeless craftsmanship, waiting to be reborn.
This project became a revelation.
The deeper I dug, the more I searched for information about the Seagrave 1919 Fire Pumper,
the greater my respect grew for the engineers who had once designed it —
men who built an engine out of scrap,
driven not by luxury or profit,
but by pure ingenuity.
They were geniuses.
Their mechanical solutions — in every sense — were mesmerizing.
Every bolt, every casting, every line of thought carried an elegance born from necessity.
The least I could do… was to preserve the spirit they had forged into their work.
To honor the craftsmanship that refused to fade — even after a century of silence.
Thunder and Fire reunited in a mesmerizing orchestra
UNICORN INVICTUS
The Speedster
