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1970 Hess Fire Truck: SKU:HES70-503A: SOLD OUT
Grade (Truck 10.0/10) Carton (10.0/10) New estate addition just added! Truly one of a kind vintage Hess 1970-71 Fire Truck! Looks like new! All original. Looks like box was never opened. All decals complete and fully in tact. Truck, never played with. All chrome parts is brilliant condition. Red rotating light works perfectly. The chrome battery box is crisp, clean and shiny. The rotating red beacon light was tested and works perfectly. All of the hoses and both ladders are in place and chrome accents like mirrors and tiny fire extinguishers are all present. Amazing shape for a 52 year old truck.
The carton is a 10.0. The box shows very minor shelf wear. Every corner of the carton is solid. No creases or tears or writing. Graphics are bright and even the bottom of the carton shows very little wear. All inserts are present and original battery card (slight foxing of the paper due to age). See photos for detail.
This is one of the best 197071 Hess specimens we have ever seen. A very high quality collectible.
BACKGROUND: Inspiration for the 1970-71 Hess Fire Truck came from the real fire engines that were stationed at the company’s Port Reading Refinery located in Perth Amboy and Woodbridge, NJ. Noted for its brilliant red color, this outstanding model featured a swiveling water cannon and had two detachable rubber hoses on one side with a ladder attached on the opposite side. On the cab it had a rotating lighting dome. Only 300,000 of these were manufactured and are considered one of the more dramatic detailed toys from the early Hess Collection. The 1971 truck was the same as the 1970 toy with the only exception being the box. When Hess ran out of the boxes with the graphics, they had to improvise in order to get them out in time for the holidays, so they sent plain white boxes along with a ‘seasons greetings’ sticker that the service station attendants were to apply when they arrived for sale. Of course this anomaly has made the 1971 ‘Seasons Greeting’ plain box toy extremely rare.
Please note that batteries not included. Toy carton will show normal shelf wear.
DETAILS: Box shows very few signs of aging. Condition overall of the truck is 10.0 and is complete with packing and the battery card. Lights tested and working.
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