Hall Motor Vehicle Company

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The Hall Motor Vehicle Company , previously Hall Motor Carriage Company was a short-lived American car manufacturer of luxury in Dover (New Jersey) .

description

Hiram P. Hall founded the company in 1903 to manufacture a representative automobile, which came on the market as Hall . It was a modern-looking French-style vehicle that was not unlike a Panhard & Levassor or Darracq . It had a two-cylinder engine with 20 HP according to the calculation method of the time and water cooling . Power was transmitted to the rear axle by means of a drive chain . The only body variant available was a rear-entrance tonneau made of aluminum, an open four-seater with access to the rear seats via a door in the rear. The car was quite heavy, weighing just under 1100 kg (2400 lbs). The manufacturer stated a "comfortable cruising speed" of 20 MPH, corresponding to around 32 km / h. The retail price of $ 3,500 was high for a car with this power and only two cylinders. A comparable Royal Tourist, for example, cost $ 2,300; the most successful automobile in the USA at the time, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash, $ 650.

In 1904 the company was renamed Hall Motor Vehicle Company and the Hall was sold for $ 500 cheaper. At the end of 1904 Hall ceased operations and the company was dissolved. Hiram Hall later built locomotives .

Model overview 1903–1904

series Model name body List Price (US Dollars)
1903 Hall touring Rear entrance tonneau , 4-pass. 3500
1904 Hall touring Rear entrance tonneau, 4-pass 3000

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kimes: Standard Catalog (1985), p. 637
  2. ^ Kimes: Standard Catalog (1985), p. 1269
  3. ^ Kimes: Standard Catalog (1985), p. 1018

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes (Eds.), Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard Catalog of American Cars. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-111-0 , pp. 1215-1216 (English).