Corbitt Company

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Corbitt Buggy Company
Corbitt Automobile Company
Corbitt Motor Truck Company
Corbitt Company
Corbitt Company Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1890s
resolution 1958
Seat Henderson , North Carolina , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Corbitt Company Inc. , formerly Corbitt Buggy Company , Corbitt Automobile Company , Corbitt Motor Truck Company, and Corbitt Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Richard J. Corbitt founded the Corbitt Buggy Company in the 1890s . The seat was in Henderson , North Carolina . At first he made carriages . In 1907 it became the Corbitt Automobile Company when the production of passenger cars began. The brand name was Corbitt . Commercial vehicles were added in 1910 . The car production was stopped in 1914. In 1916 the name was changed to Corbitt Motor Truck Company and in 1946 to Corbitt Company . Production initially ended in 1952. Between 1957 and 1958, the company now called Corbitt Company Inc. again manufactured trucks .

vehicles

Car

The first car model was a highwheeler . A two-cylinder engine drove the rear axle via a chain. The open body offered space for two people. In 1907 the fenders , which were available from 1908, were dispensed with. In 1909 headlights were added. Around 100 of these models were built by 1909 and were only sold in the local area.

In 1910 more modern and, above all, lower vehicles came onto the market. From 1910 to 1911 they had a two-cylinder engine, which was specified with 18/20 hp . The wheelbase was 229 cm. The Model A was a four-seater touring car and the Model B was a two-seater runabout .

From 1912 all vehicles had a four-cylinder engine and a chassis with a 305 cm wheelbase. In 1912 the engine produced 30 hp. Available were Model A as a two-seat Roadster , Model B as a four-seater touring car and Model C as a five-seater touring cars.

In 1913 the engine was specified with 30/35 hp. The vehicles were now Model D , Model E and Model F called. The superstructures remained unchanged.

In 1914, only the engine output changed to 26 hp.

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907-1909 High-wheel buggy 2 2-seater buggy
1910-1911 Model A 2 18/20 229 4-seater touring car
1910-1911 Model B 2 18/20 229 Runabout 2-seater
1912 Model A 4th 30th 305 Roadster 2-seater
1912 Model B 4th 30th 305 4-seater touring car
1912 Model C 4th 30th 305 5-seater touring car
1913 Model D 4th 30/35 305 Roadster 2-seater
1913 Model E. 4th 30/35 305 4-seater touring car
1913 Model F 4th 30/35 305 5-seater touring car
1914 Model D 4th 26th 305 Roadster 2-seater
1914 Model E. 4th 26th 305 4-seater touring car
1914 Model F 4th 26th 305 5-seater touring car

commercial vehicles

There were trucks with two and three axles and semi-trailers . Some vehicles had 15 tonnes of payload . The United States Armed Forces took off vehicles in both World War I and World War II .

Besides emerged buses . The first school buses in North Carolina came from Corbitt.

Car production figures

The annual production figures for the passenger cars are shown below. Figures from 1911 onwards are estimates by the source.

year Production number
1907 25th
1908 25th
1909 50
1910 100
1911 200
1912 200
1913 200
1914 200
total 1000

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 377 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 334. (English)
  • Halwart Schrader , Jan P. Norbye: The truck lexicon. All brands 1900 to today. Schrader Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-613-01837-3 , pp. 35-36.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 377 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 334. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d Halwart Schrader, Jan P. Norbye: The truck lexicon. All brands 1900 to today. Schrader Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-613-01837-3 , pp. 35-36.