The sweet smell of gas fills the air as Ingersoll Fire Services fire prevention officer Chris St. Clair turns the ignition and fires up the 99-year-old engine. Late summer sunlight brilliantly catches the apparatus’ real gold leaf trim and shiny red paint as St. Clair manoeuvres the meticulously restored truck out of his department’s bay — without power steering. “It’s a real head turner, eh?” he said with a little chuckle. “People see it out a…
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