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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. |
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