Tom Truck Show

Antique Truck Show

The show was the Piedmont Carolina Chapter of the ATHS, Fall Antique Truck Show, held at the NAPA warehouse on rt.68 in Greensboro, NC.

Corbitt Automobile Co. (1911 - 1914) and Corbitt Motor Truck Co. (1915 - 1952) — Richard J. Corbitt (1876 - 1955) founded the motor vehicle company after building his first car in 1907, according to reports. He had founded another business in 1899. The first truck was built in 1913. Finding an opportunity in truck production, by the 1920s, then firm was known as Corbitt Motor Truck Co. The firm produced 5-ton trucks, adding up to 15-ton trucks in the 1930s. Military and civilian trucks were produced during World War II. Volume production by the company ceased in 1952, when the then 76-year-old Richard Corbitt retired. An attempt was made in 1957 to revive the business with a build-on-order approach, but it was short-lived.

MORE VIEWS DISPLAYING THE CONVENTIONAL VERSION OF THE CORBITT TRACTOR

The owner of this B-53, said it was a cement mixer originally. He put the air ride single axle under it and installed a 13 speed transmission. It's a beautiful truck and probably much more pleasant to drive than in it's previous life.