1907 It starts with Hall's Auto Repair, repairing engines and cars and building his Comet cars with a 4 Cyl. 4x4, 201 cubic inch, 25 HP engine. Hall toyed with his engine using an in-line 6 cyl. and later a V-8 engine for the Comet. 1908 Bert Scott meets Hall at his shop to get his automobile looked over, after a short conversation Scott took Hall for a ride on one of the underpowered railcars of the Yreka Railway. They decided that together they could build a stronger better performing engine. A partnership is formed and the start of the Hall-Scott Motor Car Co. The first engines were 8" bore x 10" stroke and Hall made variations of 4 cyl. @2010 c.i., 6 cyl. @ 3014 c.i. and 8 cyl. @ 4019 c.i. in-line engines. 1910 Airplane engines production started with 4 cyl. A- 1 in-line 4x5, 32 HP. Engine production continued with the "V" type engines, A-2, A-3 and the A-4 varying from 4x4 to 4x5 to 5x5 bore & stroke, ranging from 60 H.P. to 100 H.P. The A-2 "V" type sold for $2000. in 1911. A-5 & A-5a came later with 5x7, as did the A-7 & A-7a with 909.2 c.i. @ 150-165 H.P. The V-12. A-8, came about in 1911, 5" bore x 7" stroke, 1649.3 c.i. @ 300 H.P. Engine production continued and in 1917 Mr. Hall and Vincent from Packard Motors designed the Liberty engine for the war effort at 421 H.P. it was one of the most powerful airplane engines of the day. Hall-Scott and Henry Ford. Ford had Hall design a engine for the Model T, Hall called it the little "T", in-line 6 with the valves on the side, but Ford didn’t want to add length to the car and went with the v-8. Hall also designed and built 2 other engines for Ford; one was a horizontal 5x7 4 cyl. @ 75 H.P. underfloor for Ford rail cars, the other was a 8 cyl. @150 H.P. (this sparks Hall to think about horizontal engines for other applications.) Hall's relationship with Harry Miller came about with Miller supplying Hall-Scott with carbs for the airplane & early marine engines, Hall helped Miller with certain engine designs like camshaft lobes, Hall's reputation was well known in the racing world with his designs of chamber shape, cams, valves and Hall's combustion chamber with his "hemi" design. Hall-Scott's relationship with International Harvester started and ended with HS designing Models 151, 41/4"x 51/2" @312 c.i. & 152, 43/4" x 51/2" @ 390 c.i. and producing over 6000 engines for I.H. mid-sized trucks. This ended in 1931 and HS re-branded these engines models 165 & 167 for truck, marine, bus and industrial. One became the 4 cyl. Fisher Jr. (178-2 model) marine using the 41/4" x 51/2" size. 1925 Hall and Scott sold the engine company to American Car & Foundry, Hall continued to work at HS as General Manager, Scott continued as President, and both were gone by 1938. By 1925 HS dropped all production of airplane engines, had nothing more to do with the Liberty, and had dropped many models including the 95's, 100's, 140's, 150's and some of the 160's from production, and had rebranded any low sales engines to other models, using the same "core" in many of its re-branded models. 1936 Invader marine models 168 &169, and models 173, 175, 175-1, 177 all became truck, bus, industrial production engines all through the second world war up to the engine division sell off. The 400 series, which included the 855 c.i., 935 c.i. and 1091 c.i. became some of the company’s best-selling engines used in trucks, military, industrial applications. The model 440 became the engine used in the M-26 tank retriever during the second world war. The V-12 a massive 5000-pound, turbo and supercharged engine was used in many different sized boats and ships not only in America's Navy but in several other countries navies during the war and was used as a stationary and industrial engine well after the war. Defender models 1268 & 1269 engines became models 2268 & 2269 marine engines, the models 3368 & 3369 were the supercharged marine engines. The horizontal engines were models 130, 136, 455, 475, 485, 495, 504, 590, 160 & 779 were used mainly for bus application, one 504 model was used in a LA Fire Dept equipment truck. In all Hall-Scott designed and produced 32 different models and over 50 variations of different size engines for many applications including railcar, airplane, marine, bus, truck, landing craft, boats, and ships, and stationary or industrial. Mr. Hall had his signature on every single one, even 33 years after he was gone. He was a prolific engine designer and builder, wanting only the best materials and components in the engines he deemed ready for production. There is so much more information on Mr. Hall and Mr. Scott and the detailed history of Hall-Scott and the companies that owned and ran the engine division in Ric's book and anyone who enjoys engines and history and a timeline of America will enjoy the read very much. Thank you, Spike

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1907 It starts with Hall's Auto Repair, repairing engines and cars and building his Comet cars with a 4 Cyl. 4x4, 201 cubic inch, 25 HP engine. Hall toyed with his engine using an in-line 6 cyl. and later a V-8 engine for the Comet. 1908 Bert Scott meets Hall at his shop to get his automobile looked over, after a short conversation Scott took Hall for a ride on one of the underpowered railcars of the Yreka Railway. They decided that together they could build a stronger better performing engine. A partnership is formed and the start of the Hall-Scott Motor Car Co. The first engines were 8" bore x 10" stroke and Hall made variations of 4 cyl. @2010 c.i., 6 cyl. @ 3014 c.i. and 8 cyl. @ 4019 c.i. in-line engines. 1910 Airplane engines production started with 4 cyl. A-1 in-line 4x5, 32 HP. Engine production continued with the "V" type engines, A-2, A-3 and the A- 4 varying from 4x4 to 4x5 to 5x5 bore & stroke, ranging from 60 H.P. to 100 H.P. The A-2 "V" type sold for $2000. in 1911. A-5 & A-5a came later with 5x7, as did the A-7 & A-7a with 909.2 c.i. @ 150-165 H.P. The V-12. A-8, came about in 1911, 5" bore x 7" stroke, 1649.3 c.i. @ 300 H.P. Engine production continued and in 1917 Mr. Hall and Vincent from Packard Motors designed the Liberty engine for the war effort at 421 H.P. it was one of the most powerful airplane engines of the day. Hall-Scott and Henry Ford. Ford had Hall design a engine for the Model T, Hall called it the little "T", in-line 6 with the valves on the side, but Ford didn’t want to add length to the car and went with the v-8. Hall also designed and built 2 other engines for Ford; one was a horizontal 5x7 4 cyl. @ 75 H.P. underfloor for Ford rail cars, the other was a 8 cyl. @150 H.P. (this sparks Hall to think about horizontal engines for other applications.) Hall's relationship with Harry Miller came about with Miller supplying Hall-Scott with carbs for the airplane & early marine engines, Hall helped Miller with certain engine designs like camshaft lobes, Hall's reputation was well known in the racing world with his designs of chamber shape, cams, valves and Hall's combustion chamber with his "hemi" design. Hall-Scott's relationship with International Harvester started and ended with HS designing Models 151, 41/4"x 51/2" @312 c.i. & 152, 43/4" x 51/2" @ 390 c.i. and producing over 6000 engines for I.H. mid-sized trucks. This ended in 1931 and HS re- branded these engines models 165 & 167 for truck, marine, bus and industrial. One became the 4 cyl. Fisher Jr. (178-2 model) marine using the 41/4" x 51/2" size. 1925 Hall and Scott sold the engine company to American Car & Foundry, Hall continued to work at HS as General Manager, Scott continued as President, and both were gone by 1938. By 1925 HS dropped all production of airplane engines, had nothing more to do with the Liberty, and had dropped many models including the 95's, 100's, 140's, 150's and some of the 160's from production, and had rebranded any low sales engines to other models, using the same "core" in many of its re-branded models. 1936 Invader marine models 168 &169, and models 173, 175, 175-1, 177 all became truck, bus, industrial production engines all through the second world war up to the engine division sell off. The 400 series, which included the 855 c.i., 935 c.i. and 1091 c.i. became some of the company’s best- selling engines used in trucks, military, industrial applications. The model 440 became the engine used in the M-26 tank retriever during the second world war. The V-12 a massive 5000-pound, turbo and supercharged engine was used in many different sized boats and ships not only in America's Navy but in several other countries navies during the war and was used as a stationary and industrial engine well after the war. Defender models 1268 & 1269 engines became models 2268 & 2269 marine engines, the models 3368 & 3369 were the supercharged marine engines. The horizontal engines were models 130, 136, 455, 475, 485, 495, 504, 590, 160 & 779 were used mainly for bus application, one 504 model was used in a LA Fire Dept equipment truck. In all Hall-Scott designed and produced 32 different models and over 50 variations of different size engines for many applications including railcar, airplane, marine, bus, truck, landing craft, boats, and ships, and stationary or industrial. Mr. Hall had his signature on every single one, even 33 years after he was gone. He was a prolific engine designer and builder, wanting only the best materials and components in the engines he deemed ready for production. There is so much more information on Mr. Hall and Mr. Scott and the detailed history of Hall-Scott and the companies that owned and ran the engine division in Ric's book and anyone who enjoys engines and history and a timeline of America will enjoy the read very much. Thank you, Spike

Some Hall-Scott History

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