Hobert62 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 No idea what this is had a buddy text it to me. Kinda neat looking. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Izn't th@ the beast th@ has a sleeper compartment B neath the drivers seat?? cya §wishy 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-356366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phase 1 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) The sleeper is ahead of the drivers feet. If you want to see more on them, they have been talked about here before - and on other old truck forums and a Wheels of Time article. They were made for the Guy M. Turner Company. Power was an English Gardner diesel. Edited December 29, 2016 by Phase 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-356378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That truck went to auction lat year in NC. The high bid was put in by Keith Jones (Keystone Tractor Museum) but rejected by the family of the owner who has died. I thought it was a very fair bid, but apparently the old "I'm not giving it away" syndrome kicked in. I have no idea where it is now. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-356571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Makes me think of the old freightliners with the overhead sleepers,were mostly used by "bedbuggers" before deregulation to get a few more feet of legal trailer length! I heard you couldn't sleep in them legally when the truck was moving! That Corbitt may be the most bizarre truck design I've ever seen! Wait a minute! Has anyone ever seen that tractor that backed completely under the trailer and flush with the nose of the trailer? The thing was four feet high and the fifth wheel was on top of the cab! Supposedly to accommodate a longer trailer! Rumor had it they couldn't get anyone to drive it! What a surprise! Lol! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-358182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I've seen it several times at the truck shows, Corbitts were the featured truck at the Greensboro show, which they moved to Colfax, N.C. These were taken at the Greensboro ATHS show, when they used to have it at the NAPA warehouse. The ol' battle axe- I mean Jobyna- is standing in front of it, and she's 5'1". I took these from pictures in a 2005 photo album, back before I had a digital camera, or even knew what one was. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 On 12/31/2016 at 8:13 AM, fxfymn said: That truck went to auction lat year in NC. The high bid was put in by Keith Jones (Keystone Tractor Museum) but rejected by the family of the owner who has died. I thought it was a very fair bid, but apparently the old "I'm not giving it away" syndrome kicked in. I have no idea where it is now. That would be a great place for it, the museum that is. I hope it doesn't end up rusting away somewhere or being scrapped, that would be a real shame. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Ah-hah!..that didn't take too long- here's a picture of the engine- I have a picture of everything somewhere, but that's a problem in itself. I'd guess I have 5,000 or more pictures saved on this computer, and sometimes it takes a long time to find the one i'm looking for. ...and I have one of the interior- 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Tom Great Pictures.. Here is another as it arrived at the Corbitt show in Henderson for the 100th anniversary show in 2012.. 2 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 OD Gudday M8 Jist luv th@ cog selector linkage ................................. looks a work of art _______________________________________________________________________________ BillyT M80 RE: four feet high and the fifth wheel was on top of the cab Eye'v never eyeballed one but seen a few pix me thinx the above pix would B no good purvin down on wimmen cya §wishy 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 SMore cya §wishy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) STRICK built and ran something like the low slung trucks some years ago ABF also ran some for a while. were powered by v8 cummins Edited January 21, 2017 by carlotpilot Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 there was a short run TV series in the late 80's called "the highwaymen" with an under trailer tractor that had a 6V53 detroit in it. the jetto truck: the highwayman Jacko's truck: Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48137-1951-corbitt-600-tall-boy/#findComment-359305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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