Jim Hall Biography
Jim Hall was born on the 23rd of July, 1935 in Abilene, Texas, the 2nd of three sons. Hall spent his early years growing up in New Mexico where he first caught the four-wheel bug. While still only fourteen he acquired a 1929 Model A Ford which he modified and rebuilt into a hot rod.
At 17 he was married and soon had two children of his own. Just a month before Hall was to enter the prestigious California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, his world was turned upside down when his father, a Texas oilman, along with his wife and daughter were killed in an airplane crash. It was decided that Hall would continue with his schooling while his brothers would run the business.
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