1953 Hall Scott pt 2

A 1953 Hall Scott from a seattle Fire Engine. This time it runs.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1953
• Hall
• Scott
• KW
• kenworth
• gas
• engine

[napabill2001]

@DeserTBoB93535 Most Hall-Scotts built for buses in the 1960's were 590's, and some 935's and 1091's in firetrucks.

[robby844]

@napabill2001 hmmmm i think you need to go back and look up what you just typed...

[napabill2001]

Hall-Scott built three diesel engines. The 140 of 1930, developed from the 175 gas engine in 60 days for Golden Eagle Bus Co., broke cranks and burned pistons.

The 142 Chieftain in 1935 was a marine version of the 140.

The 1937 Model 125 was an all-new pancake diesel engine, which was thoroughly tested and competitive. Just as the diesel was making headway, the Navy ordered thousands of V-12 Defender engines, which took up most of Hall-Scott's resources. The 125 never entered production.

[KapteinOpel]

@fire32njetta I dont think it sounds like a diesel, only as a big 6 cylinder which many truck diesels are...

[KapteinOpel]

@fire32njetta I dont think it sounds like a diesel, only as a big 6 cylinder which many truck diesels are...

[daddydog97]

Music to my ears! Put this motor into a restored Crown, and the collectors will beat a path to your door.

[DeserTBoB93535]

@Bigtrucker2007 Hall-Scott parts are nearly all gone now. Remaining runners are gonig to have whatever they have now. Hall-Scott, after being bought from ACF-Brill by Hercules, kept up production until the late 1960s and then shut down. Most common later models were the 190, 135/6 and 504.

[DeserTBoB93535]

After around 1950, most Hall-Scotts could be found laying on their sides in Crown or Gillig school buses, or Crown Firecoaches, on the West Coast. ACF-Brill bought Hall-Scott and used the Model 190 in their highway buses until they gave up in 1954. These were good enignes...as long as you never overreved it!

[DeserTBoB93535]

@spencnaz Hall-Scott only made one diesel and it was a total failure. Their failure to be able to crack the diesel market against Cummins sealed their fate. I believe it was the Model 140, and it went into several ACF-Brill buses. Broken cranks were the main problem, along with poor power.

[spencnaz]

@eh4891 yes they did make diesels, but they were too late in the game to keep up in the 1950's. Shame really, they would have made a world beating diesel engine if they'd started on diesels earlier, they'd probably be still in business.