Corbitt was an American automobile, truck, and farm equipment manufacturer. Richard J Corbitt founded a tobacco business in North Carolina in 1894. As a small tobacco dealer, he felt hopeless against the large tobacco industry and decided around 1899 to enter the manufacturing of horse-drawn carriage buggies. He succeeded in taking over the three competing local buggy builders. In 1905, Corbitt built his first automobile, which he called 'Motorbuggy', and which went into mass production in 1907. Financially, the first motor buggies were a failure. Starting in 1910, with the production of a 1.5-ton truck with chain drive, profits were made and the business expanded over the years to include light and heavy trucks, intracity buses, personnel vehicles for the U.S. Army, and farm tractors. Based in Henderson, North Carolina, for its entire history, it sold in 1952 to the United Industrial Syndicate, a New York City-based company which gradually liquidated Corbitt and shut it down. The last production vehicles came off the line in 1954, though a few vehicles were cobbled together from leftover parts in the years after that.
Corbitt Military vehicles 6-ton 6×6 truck 8-ton 6x4
Year Model Production Load Capacity Serial numbers Displacement 1913 D 2 seater Roadster 3707cc E 4 seater Tourer 3707 cc F 5 seater Tourer 3707 cc 1914 D 2 seater Roadster 3707 cc E 4 seater Tourer 3707 cc F 5 seater Tourer 3707 cc 1918 AA 9 5 t 1000-1008 6969 cc A 22 3,5 t2000-20215734 cc B 402,5 t3000-30394599 cc C 104 2 t4000-41034599 cc D 351,5 t5000-50343620 cc E 821 t6000-60813620 cc Sum 292 1919 AA? 5 t 1009- 6969 cc A 37 3,5 t2022-2058 5734 cc B 62 2,5 t3040-3101 4599 cc C 802 t4104-4183 4599 cc D 36 1,5 t5035-50703620 cc E43 1 t6082-61243620 cc Sum > 258 1920 AA2 5 t 101001-101003 6969 cc A 21 3,5 t701059-701080 5734 cc B 125 2,5 t501002-5011274599 cc C 76 2 t401184-401260 4599 cc D 811,5 t301071-3011523620 cc E481 t201125-2071733620 cc Sum 353 1921 AA2 5 t 101003-101004 6969 cc A 12 3,5 t701080-701091 5734 cc B 47 2,5 t501127-501173 4599 cc C 32 t401260-401262 4599 cc D 291,5 t301152-3031803620 cc E281 t207173-2112003620 cc H40,75 t801001-801004 3620 cc Sum 125 1922 H26 0,75 t 801005-801030 3620 cc 1926 2035 1 t 206001-207035 2639 cc 25 89 1,5 t256141-257230 4184 cc 40 28 2 t406003-4070304184 cc B 15 2,5 t560265-570279 4599 cc R 63 t660048-6700535734 cc A114 t760118-7701285734 cc 7055 t161038-1710428044 cc It is not known whether all the recorded serial numbers were used. Note: The First figure of the Serial Number denotes the capacity in thousand pounds. The second and third Number are a key to the Units that go into the Truck. The last three Figures are the serial number! References