Exterior Color: Red
Interior Color: Black
Transmission: 3 SPEED MANUAL
Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale WITHOUT RESERVE and SOLD to the highest bidder, January 16th-20th, 2013 at Russo and Steele's 13th Annual Scottsdale Arizona Auction. Please contact us for more information. Presented for auction is a 1960 Jeep known as "Big Red" which started life as a ‘forest service green’ truck as it was originally delivered to the US Forest Service in New Mexico. After it served there the truck was auctioned to a buyer in Arizona who decided the government issued green had to go and repainted it the reddish-orange color with a funky white stripe. It is believed the stock rack and PTO winch were original, either from the factory or dealer installed on the new truck when delivered to the original purchaser. The second owner used if when he set up hunting camp in the mountains for out-of-state hunters during elk/dear season and used this truck to haul horses and other live stock to camp in the mountains. Apparently it was used pretty hard during its prior lifetime as it was pretty worn out when we did finally purchase it. The consignor lived in Grand Junction, Colorado and heard through a friend about an auction that had an FC Jeep listed for sale. It was a Saturday afternoon that also happened to be his wife’s birthday and they were looking for a nice day trip in the mountains. They were not really looking for another truck but the poor thing looked so cute but tired that they fell for it and decided to bid on it. Curiously, they won the bid and ended up dragging it home, where it sat behind their auto repair shop for 12 years, until the bug to ‘fix it up’ hit.
Interior Color: Black
Transmission: 3 SPEED MANUAL
Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale WITHOUT RESERVE and SOLD to the highest bidder, January 16th-20th, 2013 at Russo and Steele's 13th Annual Scottsdale Arizona Auction. Please contact us for more information. Presented for auction is a 1960 Jeep known as "Big Red" which started life as a ‘forest service green’ truck as it was originally delivered to the US Forest Service in New Mexico. After it served there the truck was auctioned to a buyer in Arizona who decided the government issued green had to go and repainted it the reddish-orange color with a funky white stripe. It is believed the stock rack and PTO winch were original, either from the factory or dealer installed on the new truck when delivered to the original purchaser. The second owner used if when he set up hunting camp in the mountains for out-of-state hunters during elk/dear season and used this truck to haul horses and other live stock to camp in the mountains. Apparently it was used pretty hard during its prior lifetime as it was pretty worn out when we did finally purchase it. The consignor lived in Grand Junction, Colorado and heard through a friend about an auction that had an FC Jeep listed for sale. It was a Saturday afternoon that also happened to be his wife’s birthday and they were looking for a nice day trip in the mountains. They were not really looking for another truck but the poor thing looked so cute but tired that they fell for it and decided to bid on it. Curiously, they won the bid and ended up dragging it home, where it sat behind their auto repair shop for 12 years, until the bug to ‘fix it up’ hit.