This fire truck is a replica of one of the actual fire
engines at Hess' Port Reading, N.J. and other refineries and storage
facilities. This truck has a rotating light in its red dome, a swiveling
water cannon, two detachable rubber hoses on one side and a detachable
ladder on the other. This is considered one of Hess' best models and is
prized as a collector item by both Hess truck collectors as well as fire
truck collectors. In 1971 they ran out of the regular printed boxes and
substituted a plain box with a Seasons Greetings label. These are worth
today many times over what the regular truck sells for. This was the
last of the Louis Marx & Co. toys. This particular truck's box has
the 'Caution' label which was added after Hess had legal problems
stemming from small children swallowing some of the small chrome parts.
Original Price: $1.89 with 300,000
made each year by Louis Marx & Co., in Hong Kong. Condition: nMIB
