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"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 03/19/2020 at 10:28 • Filed to: None

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I tried to ID the truck in ttyymmnn’s car hauler post and disappeared down a rabbit hole. Check this thing out:

The Corbitt “tall boy”. Absurdly, there is a sleeping berth in front of the driver.

Corbitt was apparently a really interesting company, and among other things, made a short line of trucks with ex-Auburn sheet metal.

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Weirdly enough, I’ve been to Henderson NC, but never knew.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/19/2020 at 10:52

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I suppose the sleeping berth could act as a crumple zone, of sorts.

That definitely is a tall cab.

Aremmes > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/19/2020 at 10:53

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That’s taking “cab over engine” quite literally, like a Ford H-Series.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/19/2020 at 10:53

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So not a sleeper cab but a sleeper nose? Maybe the bed doubles as a footwell for the driver? 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Aremmes 03/19/2020 at 11:05

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Very much so. There were a couple of setups out there that did a “let’s put the normal cab on top of the engine” and there are other setups that put a spacer underneath. Not a whole lot doing both, but some.

Diamond T did some funny things around then.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 03/19/2020 at 11:06

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The bed space is so far out in front I think you could have somebody in there *while driving*. Particularly given that that cab was designed to be able to have four workmen across. What.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/19/2020 at 11:09

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They had other really tall, goony cabs at the time, this was just the most goony - a special run of ten for a company called Turner Transfer.

Below, “normal” silly cab by Corbitt.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/19/2020 at 11:25

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I have dreams from time to time where I am driving something that has its driver seat literally like two stories high.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Aremmes 03/19/2020 at 11:25

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Beauty. 10/10, would daily.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/19/2020 at 11:30

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Check out the link I just sent you in my Good Morning thread. Mystery solved?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/19/2020 at 11:33

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I think the uncanny sensation of being about to fall over when braking a vehicle with a snub nose heightens (heh) the sense of being a long way from the ground. Just a couple rounds driving an E-series van, ever, and there on out you have that buried somewhere in your amygdala next to irrational dreams about being late for tests since college.

FWIW, the H-series Ford cabover Aremmes posted was nicknamed the “two-story Falcon”.

Pickup_man > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/19/2020 at 11:47

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This is really cool, never heard of Corbit before. I need to find out more about that ex- Auburn truck.