2006 Hess NYSE Special Edition Truck - Rare Pictures

Once in a while Hess releases a special truck to celebrate a milestone in the company's progress to strive for excellence and to stay on top of the ever changing oil business. 2006 was one of those milestones when Hess introduced the New 2006 Hess Special Edition Truck with 2 Racers. On May 9, 2006 the New York Stock Exchange members received this truck to celebrate Amerada Hess changing it's name to Hess Corporation. The truck was a reissue of the 1997 Hess Truck & Racers with working lights and battery card but with some differences. It would be the first time that the words "Hess Corporation" were on the sides of the truck. The race cars were also not the same. One car had "HES" on side and the other had "AHC" on it. Those were the NYSE abbreviations for the company on the ticker trading board. The cardboard inserts were different from the 1997 as well as the box that it came in. The 2006 Hess truck came in just a plain white box with the Hess logo and "Hess Corporation 2006" on the side. There were only 3,000 of these trucks produced which was one of the smallest production amounts in the regular size collection so far.

There was also another truck made to celebrate this very special occasion and that was a chromed version of the First Hess Truck used by Leon Hess when he started the company. There were very few of the Special Chrome Mini Truck made and they were given to Hess Corporations Top VIP's to commemorate this event. This is the first time that Hess had 2 separate trucks made for a special occasion making the pair of trucks a very rare item to own. These are a "must have" for the true Hess collector.

 

2006 Hess Truck & Racers

 

 

 Rare Pictures of 12 Pack Case of 2006 NYSE Trucks