History I found a truck. What is it?

Great site. I looked through every picture but couldn’t find the truck. After looking through the pictures and like Benzine440 said, it looks to be mid 1930’s.

And yes, it does look like a big truck. There have been logging operations in the area for well over 100 years. This was probably a left over along the way.

Mike

 

Those are similar, but my rear upper door (and cab area) are more square.

Mike

 

I dunno either...but you ain't gettin' too much other help..so my idea is..keep the bullet holes...way better than the stick on ones...

 

I looked at different truck pictures and the key to identifying this one seems to me to be the extremely curved hood where it'd meet the cowl. Lots of the trucks have trim on the hood sides.

 

That hood looks just like a poncho hood that I have, 35. Same hardware and everything.

 

are you giving prizes?

I'd bet it's a Corbett. (spelling??)

Corbett was made for a short time in the early 30's in South or North Carolina.

Corbett used the front sheetmetal from an early Auburn car.

I think what clued me in was when someone mentioned the V body lines on the hood....and I "think" Auburn did.


Corbetts are wicked rare....no bull


I've got a truck spotters book here somewhere, and I recall seeing either a pic or a drawing made for a sales ad.

 

Here is one Corbett, a 35. The louvers are different but the same as a 34 Auburn. A 1935 Auburn would have 4 horizontal hood strips instead.

The door shape looks similar...hinges may differ between years

the back of the cab looks to be very "thin" like yours.


Most identifying detail is to look at the outer tips of your front fenders, the Corbett & Auburn fenders are somewhat "clipped off"

 

I'm almost sure it's a 1936 Rustoleum

 

If that truck really turns out to be an Aurburn-bodied Corbett;

The Antique Truck Historical Society in their magazine "Wheels of Time", did an article on Corbetts maybe in the mid-late 80s. I think they said the Auburn sheetmetal was only used a couple of years, and NONE were known to still exist. One in decent condition today would buy you the best 32 3window (truck collectors are spendy)


Edit, you may want to go to aths.org and maybe find a way to contact them. They have a huge library and if you mention Auburn-bodied Corbett, maybe they would want to help ID it.

 

There's a chance we may have a winner here...

Get those fenders out of the mud so we can get a better look at them.

Something comes to mind here tho... What in the hell would a limited production truck from the southeast be doing in Cali?

Also, if Corbet used the Auburn sheetmetal, what are the chances they would have used the same dash pannel as well? Anybody go a shot of a '34 Auburn dash to compare it to?

 

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You are most likely correct- that headlight looks EXACTLY like the one on my dad's '34 Auburn- no B.S.! That's a RARE truck!!!!

 

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/trucks.htm

Try this website. Every truck is in here somewhere!!!

 

i think i got it, its a 1935 studebaker 1T (DeLuxe Cab) truck

 

The door looks like a much better match, maybe try a year or 2 older/newer?

But what about the hood tops? with the sweeping lines? Can you find a better pic of the stude hood details?

 

i looked and looked for hours, couldnt find anything. and the years up and down from 35 were different in big ways. the way i thought it was a 35 stude was a 35 stude cab over had the wierd looking dash with the humped ends. that was the only picture of a 35 truck body i could find though.....

 

1935 studebaker fire engine, and look at that hood!

 

What does the spotter's guide show? I agree, door looks like the Studebaker. Still scarce enough it would be worth posting for the truck guys, though.

 

what did i win? lol=) j/k

 

You guys are too quick. I was going to say Studebaker too.

 

Ok, I'm sold... '35[ish] stude one ton.
The arch of the windshield matches up
The overall shape of the doors match up
The style line across the hood matches up
The large style line across the door matches up
The hood side louvers match [notice lowest one is smaller on leading edge]
The flat back of the cab matches up
The rear window shape and size matches up

...If we could get a pic of a stude dash, and it matches... Case closed!

 

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and this is why i started looking at stude trucks, because of this cabover.

 

Studebaker looks like a good match. In the photo above you can see the distinctive large screws on the ends of the dash. I notice the back of the cab is squared on the Stude too. You might look at Federal, Faegeol, and White. All of these were frequently used in the west for timber, mining and oil field work.

 

I'd say Pullman, but I think they bellied up in the '20's. With the ribs in the hood I'd go for a Reo. I think it's a Reo.

 

Thanks everyone. That Corbett had me excited. I think that Studebaker looks real close. We might have a winner. The truck is located at our cabin about two hours away so I can't run out and take some more pictures.

Studebaker was big in my area. It would make sense that it would be a Studebaker.

I will get some better pictures in a couple of weeks and try to match with the Studebaker pictures.

Mike

 

theres still a question about it? lol im pretty sure thats it..... ive looked at all the others listed.

 

Studebaker. Hood top, louvers, door shape (especially squared top back corner). Great find

 

REOs looked nothing like that. This would be a good example of an REO in that year range. Doors, body lines, hood, everything is different and doesn't resemble this truck at all.



My vote is also for Studebaker. Cool lines for sure. Although this find at your cabin is probably too far gone to do anything with, the various parts you've shown might be cool for another build. That hood is AWESOME looking!

Can't wait to see the results.

 

Yep, looks just like that Studebaker firetruck front end. Thanks to eveyone for the help.

Mike

 

The beginning of my new yard art.....

I think I will use this pile to begin learning my body hammering skills.

Mike