Halladay (automobile)
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The Halladay Motor Car company was founded in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 in 1917.

Origins

The company originally began in Anderson, Indiana
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...

 with the Erie Motor Carriage & Manufacturing Company. It was bought-out in 1902 by Lou P. Halladay. He spent a year earning $30,000 in capital, and made the Streator Automobile & and Manufacturing Company(the company kept this name until 1913).

As the Streator Automobile & and Manufacturing Company

The first car came out in 1904 with great secrecy. It was a 5-passenger touring with a 4-cylinder engine. The engines came from the Rutenber company. In 1908, the company added a Runabout and a Limousine. The cars were well built, an example was that in 1910, a Halladay was the only car to finish a 250 mile race in Atlanta About 900 cars were made every year. However, on September 23, 1911, the company fell into receivership. The company had $250,000 in liabilities. In January of 1913, the company's personal property were sold to the firm Merchants' Realization Company, which then sold it to Albert C. Barley, the secretary of the Rutenber motor Company.
Models
Model(year) Engine Horsepower Wheelbase Transmission Types
Model B(1905-1907) 4-Cylinder 35-40 108" N/A 5-passenger touring
Model C(1908) 4-Cylinder 35-40 118" N/A Touring-5p; Runabout-3p.; Limo
Model G, G, and E(1909-1910) 4-Cylinder 24-28 100-104" N/A Tourabout-4p(G); Surry-4p.(F); Runabout-3p(E)
Model D, D-10(1909-1910) 4-Cylinder 35-40 118-123" 3-speed manual Tour-5p.;Rbt.-3p.; Limo(1909); Toy Tonneau-5p.
Model J-10, J-30(1910-1911) 4-Cylinder 30 110" N/A Rds.-2 passenger; Toy Tonneau(1910)-5p.; Touring-5p.
Model G-30, 30(1911-1912) 4-Cylinder 30 106-112" N/A Touring, Surrey, Roadster
Model 40(1911-1914) 4-Cylinder 40 118" N/A Toy Tonneau-4p; Touring-4p; Roadster-3p(1911)2p(1912-1914); Winter Front Touring(1911)
Model 32(1913-1914) 4-Cylinder 32 112" N/A Touring-5p; Roadster-2p
Model 50(1911) 4-Cylinder 50 128" N/A Touring-7p; Toy Tonneauette-4p; Winter Front Touring-7p; Limo-7p
Model 6-50(1912-1914) 6-cylinder 50 128-134" N/A Touring-5 passenger; Toy Tonneau-4 passenger

Under Albert Barley

While under Albert Barley, he named the company Barley Motor Car Company, but still produced the Halladay. After a while, he lost interest in the Halladay, so in 1916 he sold the Halladay to a group of investors headed by T. E. Huth, while he made a new car called the Roamer.
1915-1916 Engine HP Wheelbase
Light Six Six-cylinder 30 122"
Big Six Six-cylinder 50 134"

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley_Motor_Car_Co.

In Ohio

In 1917, the group of investors kept making the Halladay, now in Warren, Ohio
Warren, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 46,832 people, 19,288 households and 12,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,912.4 people per square mile . There were 21,279 housing units at an average density of 1,322.9 per square mile...

. They changed the name to Halladay Motor Car Company. They still used a six-cylinder engine provided by Rutenber. The cars where advertised as "sturdy, compact, and low-upkeep". In 1920, the company was moved to Newark, Ohio
Newark, Ohio
In addition, the remains of a road leading south from the Octagon have been documented and explored. It was first surveyed in the 19th century, when its walls were more apparent. Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio...

, were the name was changed to Halladay Motors Corporation. In 1922, the company tried to make a 4-cylinder car called the Falcon, but in March, the company went into receivership again. This was because of charges from the Barber Asphalt Paving Company of Pennsylvania, which had not been paid for work done around the Newark plant. This time, the Halladay went out of business.
Model(year) Engine HP Wheelbase Type
Model S(1917-1919) Six-Cylinder N/A 118" Touring-5 Passenger
Model R(1917-1919) Six-Cylinder N/A 122" Touring-5 passenger; Roadster-3 passenger
Model O(1917-1919) Six-Cylinder N/A 136" Touring-7 passenger
1920-1921 Six-Cylinder 46 116" Touring-5p.; Roadster-2/3p.; Coupe-4p.; Sedan-5p.
1922 Six-Cylinder 46 115" Touring-5p.; Roadster-2p.; Victoria-5p.
Falcon Four-Cylinder 20 115" Touring, Roadster, Coupe
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