{"id":21291,"date":"2024-01-05T15:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/?post_type=product&p=21291"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:50:52","slug":"1970-71-hess-toy-fire-truck-sku-hes70-b329k","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/product\/1970-71-hess-toy-fire-truck-sku-hes70-b329k\/","title":{"rendered":"1970-71 Hess Toy Fire Truck (SKU HES70-B439K)"},"content":{"rendered":"

1970 Hess Fire Truck: SKU:HES70-B439K<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grade (Truck 8.9\/10) Carton (10.0\/10) <\/strong>Another new estate addition! Excellent vintage Hess 1970-71 Fire Truck! \u00a0The reason it grades below 9.0 is because one of the contacts inside the battery box is damaged. We were able to get the light to work intermittently using a piece of foil, but it will not stay on. \u00a0That said, this vintage truck and collectible original carton are in beautiful condition and 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 are brilliant condition. \u00a0Red rotating light does not work and is the reason for the discounted price. \u00a0 The chrome battery box is shows some discoloration, one of the contacts is damaged, but the compartment is clean. \u00a0All 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 54 year old truck!<\/p>\n

The carton is a 10.0. \u00a0The box shows very minor shelf wear. \u00a0There is 1970 written on one end of the carton. 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. \u00a0All inserts are present and original battery card (slight foxing of the paper due to age). See photos for detail.<\/p>\n

This is an excellent 1970-71 Hess Fire Truck. \u00a0Truck and carton in \u00a0excellent condition for display. Rotating red light does not work.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND:<\/strong> Inspiration for the 1970-71 Hess Fire Truck came from the real fire engines that were stationed at the company\u2019s Port Reading Refinery located in Perth Amboy and Woodbridge, NJ. \u00a0Noted 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.\u00a0 Only 300,000 of these were manufactured and are considered one of the more dramatic detailed toys from the early Hess Collection.\u00a0 The 1971 truck was the same as the 1970 toy with the only exception being the box.\u00a0 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 \u2018seasons greetings\u2019 sticker that the service station attendants were to apply when they arrived for sale.\u00a0 Of course this anomaly has made the 1971 \u2018Seasons Greeting\u2019 plain box toy extremely rare.<\/p>\n

Please note that batteries not included. \u00a0Toy carton will show normal shelf wear.<\/p>\n

DETAILS:<\/strong> \u00a0Box shows very few signs of aging and is complete with packing and the battery card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1970 Hess Fire Truck: SKU:HES70-B439K<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grade (Truck 8.9\/10) Carton (10.0\/10) <\/strong>Another new estate addition! Excellent vintage Hess 1970-71 Fire Truck! \u00a0The reason it grades below 9.0 is because one of the contacts inside the battery box is damaged. We were able to get the light to work intermittently using a piece of foil, but it will not stay on. \u00a0That said, this vintage truck and collectible original carton are in beautiful condition and 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 are brilliant condition. \u00a0Red rotating light does not work and is the reason for the discounted price. \u00a0 The chrome battery box is shows some discoloration, one of the contacts is damaged, but the compartment is clean. \u00a0All 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 54 year old truck!<\/p>\n

The carton is a 10.0. \u00a0The box shows very minor shelf wear. \u00a0There is 1970 written on one end of the carton. 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. \u00a0All inserts are present and original battery card (slight foxing of the paper due to age). See photos for detail.<\/p>\n

This is an excellent 1970-71 Hess Fire Truck. \u00a0Truck and carton in \u00a0excellent condition for display. Rotating red light does not work.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND:<\/strong> Inspiration for the 1970-71 Hess Fire Truck came from the real fire engines that were stationed at the company\u2019s Port Reading Refinery located in Perth Amboy and Woodbridge, NJ. \u00a0Noted 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.\u00a0 Only 300,000 of these were manufactured and are considered one of the more dramatic detailed toys from the early Hess Collection.\u00a0 The 1971 truck was the same as the 1970 toy with the only exception being the box.\u00a0 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 \u2018seasons greetings\u2019 sticker that the service station attendants were to apply when they arrived for sale.\u00a0 Of course this anomaly has made the 1971 \u2018Seasons Greeting\u2019 plain box toy extremely rare.<\/p>\n

Please note that batteries not included. \u00a0Toy carton will show normal shelf wear.<\/p>\n

DETAILS:<\/strong> \u00a0Box shows very few signs of aging and is complete with packing and the battery card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[475,474],"product_tag":[154,155,156,157,295,466],"class_list":{"0":"post-21291","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-1970s-hess-truck-parts","7":"product_cat-1970s","8":"product_tag-154","9":"product_tag-1970-hess-fire-truck","10":"product_tag-156","11":"product_tag-1971-hess-fire-truck","12":"product_tag-fire-truck","13":"product_tag-toy-truck","14":"product_shipping_class-13-95","16":"first","17":"outofstock","18":"sale","19":"taxable","20":"shipping-taxable","21":"purchasable","22":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/21291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=21291"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=21291"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackiestoystore.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=21291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}