1993 Humble Toy Truck Bank

1993 Humble Toy Truck Bank. Manufactured for Jmt replicas on behalf of Exxon with tiger spirit of Houston, Texas.  This truck it bright white with red front fenders, top of cab and trim color match the lettering and comes with working head and has opening doors. This collectors edition is very rare and hard to find.

Marx Toys - Eastern Airlines Truck & Coin Bank 1993 Special Edition

A beautiful old truck manufactured by MARX in 1993 as the 1ST EDITION in their Golden Memories series. This 1933 Chevy aviation fuel tanker is one good-looking truck molded in dark blue with chrome accents and gold lettering on the tank. It features opening doors, battery operated lights, and is a BANK as well.

1936 Dodge Shell Diecast Tanker Truck

Limited edition Shell bank, a 1936 Dodge tanker truck produced in 1996 by Spec Cast Collectibles. This finely detailed truck is 1:25 scale, comes serialized and is made of diecast metal featuring authentic Shell graphics, steel wheels with hub caps, rubber white wall tires, headlight lenses plus it also has a built in coin bank with key. The measurements are approximately 7 inches long by 2 1/2 inches high by 2 1/2 inches wide.

Amoco 1938 Dodge Diecast Truck

Amoco 1938 Dodge airflow tanker produced by The Scale Model Company a division of Ertl Inc. This finely detailed truck comes serialized, is made of heavy diecast metal featuring authentic Standard Oil graphics, chromed wheels, rubber tires, plus it also has a built in coin bank with key. Another real sharp piece, the measurements are approximately 9 1/4 inches long by 2 3/4 inches high by 2 1/2 inches wide

The Rebuilding of the Original First Hess Truck

The truck (a 1936 1/2 Chevy high cab) was the very first truck that Mr. Hess himself drove around Woodbridge, NJ in the early days. In those days it was not gasoline he hauled, it was primarily heating fuel oil. The truck remained in service up into the early fifties at which time it underwent a partial overhaul. When I met the truck it had spent the last twenty something years in the HOVIC (Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp) plant in the US Virgin Islands being used as a prop. The unit, as a result of being subjected to years of salt air and a hurricane or two (one being Hurricane Hugo), was in EXTREME disrepair to say the least. The engine would run, however the poured rod bearings were knocking very bad. When we pulled the truck into the shop for disassembly the windshield and part of the cab just fell into pieces. This was a complete overhaul right down to cutting the rivets, splitting the frame rails, and hand riveting them back together. I feel this is one of the finest restoration jobs I have ever been involved with and I am very proud of it. The truck (fully functional) is now destined to be displayed at the Hess headquarters in Woodbridge, N.J. and could haul fuel today.

Bill Tabbert

1961 Texaco North Dakota Toy Tanker

In late fall of 1961 Texaco introduced the SS Texaco North Dakota Tanker Ship at their stations for the holiday season. The 27" scale model tanker runs on "C" batteries and is highly detailed after the original ship. All in plastic this toy caught the eye of the kids with the outstanding decals, details and eye catching colors sold extremely well at the stations.

The radar dish was a nice feature but it was far from kid proof. It was not match for small hands and was so broken or lost.

The rear of the tanker displayed where the headquarters was in Wilmington Delaware. The ship also had a working rudder as you can see in the picture.

Check out the great detailing on the bow of the ship showing the draft markings.

The upper deck is where the motor controls are. The one thing that Texaco did not think of and would have made a great feature was that the wheels on the bottom of the tanker do not roll. How cool would it have been to have a motorized tanker that sailed across the floor?

The set came with the ship, box, cardboard packing and booklet. All these items are a must have for the collector who is looking for a "mint condition" collectible.

1980 Hess Training Van & Service Certificate

 

Featured here is the popular Hess Training Van. It is the 14th edition in the series of Hess trucks that was produced by the Amerada Hess Company since 1964. The van is a replica of the actual training van used to conduct field training seminars on customer service at HESS gasloline stations. After you were trained you recieved a certificate and plastic card. Hess has always maintained a high level of service and cleanliness at all their stations. It would not be odd for you to go to any of the stations and see a crew painting the pump island or washing the windows. All these examples were part of the training.