City commissioners recently agreed to loan out two antique police and fire vehicles connected with the city’s history to the Fire and Safety Museum on Las Olas Boulevard.

But according to city documents, the vehicles need about $34,000 in mechanical and cosmetic repairs in order to meet the city’s standards. Now museum officials are thinking of ways to raise the money.

With attendance at the Fire Museum blossoming and tours beginning each weekend, repairs for the antique vehicles need to be addressed if the museum wants to both use and display them.

The restoration bill, however, is a hefty one.

The loaned pumper truck now stands in the bay of the museum, needing about $14,000 in mechanical and cosmetic repairs.

“It runs, but not for long," said Jim Van Drunen, a former fireman and current museum secretary. "We have to raise the money and get it working.”

The other loaned vehicle, a police sedan, is still under wraps in a parking lot on Broward Boulevard. Repair estimates for that vehicle are around $20,000.

In addition to the antique vehicles, the museum also plans to display historical documents loaned from the city including log books dating back to the 1930s, said John Heiser, president of the museum.