Corbitt Company Inc. History

Corbitt Company Inc. was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles . The brand name was Corbitt .

History 

Corbitt Company Inc. , previously Corbitt Buggy Company , Corbitt Automobile Company , Corbitt Motor Truck Company and Corbitt Company .Richard J. Corbitt founded the Corbitt Buggy Company in the 1890s . The seat was in Henderson , North Carolina . First he made carriages . In 1907 it became the Corbitt Automobile Company , as the production of passenger cars began.  Commercial vehicles were added in 1910 . The car production was discontinued in 1914. In 1916, the company was renamed Corbitt Motor Truck Company and 1946 Corbitt Company .Between 1957 and 1958, the company now called Corbitt Company Inc. again produced trucks . 

There were trucks with two and three axles and semitrailers . Some vehicles had a payload of 15 tons . The United States Armed Forces participated in both World War I and in World War II from vehicles. 

In addition, buses were created .The first school buses in North Carolina came from Corbitt. 

The first car model was a highwheeler . A two-cylinder engine powered the rear axle via a chain. The open body could accommodate two people. In 1907 was dispensed with fenders , which were available from 1908. Headlights were added in 1909. Of these models created until 1909 about 100 vehicles that were sold only in the vicinity.

1910 came more modern and especially lower vehicles on the market. From 1910 to 1911 they had a two-cylinder engine, which was specified as 18/20 hp . The wheelbase was 229 cm. The Model A was a four-seat touring car and the Model B a two-seat runabout .

From 1912 all vehicles had a four-cylinder engine and a chassis with 305 cm wheelbase. 1912 made the engine 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 indicated as 30/35 hp. The vehicles were now Model D , Model E and Model F called. The superstructures remained unchanged.In 1914, only the engine power changed to 26 hp.