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Here's an interesting story of an NS fire station restoring a 1948 GMC that served that community until 1976:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/westville-fire-department-restoring-1948-pumper-truck-1.6569418

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Looks like the LaFrance emblem on the vintage B&W image. They were assembled from kits in Weston, ON, sourced from the Elmyra, NY, manufacturer. I wonder where the apparatus went? Worthy project!

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The first article about it, from 2019, shows the apparatus still on the truck when it was bought in Ontario:  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/vintage-westville-fire-truck-comes-home-nova-scotia-1.5253874

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see2xu wrote:

Looks like the LaFrance emblem on the vintage B&W image. They were assembled from kits in Weston, ON, sourced from the Elmyra, NY, manufacturer. I wonder where the apparatus went? Worthy project!

 It is sitting beside the truck, right side of pic. You can just see the edge of it. 



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Saw a news item on ctv, the department says it still has original 1948 tires. They look a lot alike in the old and new photos.

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