Fageol Motors was a U.S.

United States

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 manufacturer of bus

Bus

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es, trucks and farm tractors.
The company was founded in 1916 to manufacture motor truck

Truck

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s, farm tractor

Tractor

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s and automobile

Automobile

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s in Oakland

Oakland, California

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, California

California

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Fageol produced two luxury automobiles, but production was halted when the supply of Hall-Scott SOHC six-cylinder engines was diverted to build airplanes for the World War I

World War I

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 war effort.

The initial Fageol farm tractor was a re-labeled Hamilton model, designed and built by Rush Hamilton of Geyserville, California

Geyserville, California

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