and sponsored by.....

[Christopher Jordan]

I thought Corbin went bankrupt less than a year ago, then this morning
I hear about that big motorcycle show in Hollister, CA., July 4th:
sponsored by Corbin. Is that company still operating? I never saw
the Merlin.

Chris Jordan
Santa Cruz, CA.

[John Riley]

(Sorry about the blank post. I hit the wrong key.)

I think maybe Corbin _motors_ went broke, but I think the seat business
is seperate. Burley's still have corbin seat bases.

John Riley



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[John Riley]

(Sorry about the blank post. I hit the wrong key.)

I think maybe Corbin _motors_ went broke, but I think the seat business
is seperate. Burley's still have corbin seat bases.

John Riley



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[Carol Cohen]

I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow
last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person
purple cartoon around the Bay area.

C.C.

> From: "Joshua Goldberg" >
> Organization: Bell Sympatico
> Newsgroups: alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:47:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: and sponsored by.....
>
> I thought Corbin Motors was a father & son operation, with the father
> retaining the original (upolstery) business as a seperate entity.
> If I was the father and my son came to me and said...Gee Dad I have this
> really good idea, how about I design a Clown Car and slap a Harley Davidson
> engine in it and for another model I fill it with 12 12V batteries and slap
> an electric motor in it. As the father I would most certainly seperate my
> upolstery business from my wacko son.
> ------------------------
> "John Riley" > wrote in message
> ...
>> (Sorry about the blank post. I hit the wrong key.)
>>
>> I think maybe Corbin _motors_ went broke, but I think the seat business
>> is seperate. Burley's still have corbin seat bases.
>>
>> John Riley
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>> --------------------------<
>> Posted via cyclingforums.com
>> http://www.cyclingforums.com
>
>

[Carol Cohen]

I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow
last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person
purple cartoon around the Bay area.

C.C.

> From: "Joshua Goldberg" >
> Organization: Bell Sympatico
> Newsgroups: alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:47:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: and sponsored by.....
>
> I thought Corbin Motors was a father & son operation, with the father
> retaining the original (upolstery) business as a seperate entity.
> If I was the father and my son came to me and said...Gee Dad I have this
> really good idea, how about I design a Clown Car and slap a Harley Davidson
> engine in it and for another model I fill it with 12 12V batteries and slap
> an electric motor in it. As the father I would most certainly seperate my
> upolstery business from my wacko son.
> ------------------------
> "John Riley" > wrote in message
> ...
>> (Sorry about the blank post. I hit the wrong key.)
>>
>> I think maybe Corbin _motors_ went broke, but I think the seat business
>> is seperate. Burley's still have corbin seat bases.
>>
>> John Riley
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>> --------------------------<
>> Posted via cyclingforums.com
>> http://www.cyclingforums.com
>
>

[PreciousBbird]

Carol Cohen wrote:
> I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.



Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.

PS - I do have a Corbin seat on my Burley HepCat. No bent buns yet!



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[PreciousBbird]

Carol Cohen wrote:
> I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.



Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.

PS - I do have a Corbin seat on my Burley HepCat. No bent buns yet!



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[Joshua Goldberg]

The Corbin "Sparrow" was the kind of car only a SHRINER could fully
appreciate except there was not enough room for their size 48 clown shoes.
***********************
"PreciousBbird" > wrote in message
...
> Carol Cohen wrote:
> > I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> > Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> > single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.
>
>
>
> Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.
>
> PS - I do have a Corbin seat on my Burley HepCat. No bent buns yet!
>
>
>
> --
> >--------------------------<
> Posted via cyclingforums.com
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[Joshua Goldberg]

The Corbin "Sparrow" was the kind of car only a SHRINER could fully
appreciate except there was not enough room for their size 48 clown shoes.
***********************
"PreciousBbird" > wrote in message
...
> Carol Cohen wrote:
> > I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> > Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> > single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.
>
>
>
> Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.
>
> PS - I do have a Corbin seat on my Burley HepCat. No bent buns yet!
>
>
>
> --
> >--------------------------<
> Posted via cyclingforums.com
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[Zach Kaplan Cycles]

When your son was test riding recumbents here about a year ago he let
me test drive his Sparrow. I took it out to the business park at Bay
Farm Island and got it up to an indicated 55 mph. Driving around town
in Alameda it got about as many looks as I do riding my trikes so I
was used to that aspect. The Sparrow had a very velomobile like feel
to it. For a motor vehicle though the one person capacity and very
limited cargo capacity and range seemed impractical. I've driven a
couple other electric vehicles that had much higher cargo and
passenger capacities and seemed more like real cars. I'm glad your son
was able to sell his interest in the Sparrow, hopefully before having
to make an expensive investment in replacement batteries.

Zach Kaplan

Carol Cohen > wrote in message >...
> I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow
> last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person
> purple cartoon around the Bay area.
>
> C.C.
>
> > From: "Joshua Goldberg" >
> > Organization: Bell Sympatico
> > Newsgroups: alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
> > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:47:16 -0400
> > Subject: Re: and sponsored by.....
> >
> > I thought Corbin Motors was a father & son operation, with the father
> > retaining the original (upolstery) business as a seperate entity.
> > If I was the father and my son came to me and said...Gee Dad I have this
> > really good idea, how about I design a Clown Car and slap a Harley Davidson
> > engine in it and for another model I fill it with 12 12V batteries and slap
> > an electric motor in it. As the father I would most certainly seperate my
> > upolstery business from my wacko son.
> > ------------------------
> > "John Riley" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> (Sorry about the blank post. I hit the wrong key.)
> >>
> >> I think maybe Corbin _motors_ went broke, but I think the seat business
> >> is seperate. Burley's still have corbin seat bases.
> >>
> >> John Riley
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>> --------------------------<
> >> Posted via cyclingforums.com
> >> http://www.cyclingforums.com
> >
> >

[Zach Kaplan Cycles]

When your son was test riding recumbents here about a year ago he let
me test drive his Sparrow. I took it out to the business park at Bay
Farm Island and got it up to an indicated 55 mph. Driving around town
in Alameda it got about as many looks as I do riding my trikes so I
was used to that aspect. The Sparrow had a very velomobile like feel
to it. For a motor vehicle though the one person capacity and very
limited cargo capacity and range seemed impractical. I've driven a
couple other electric vehicles that had much higher cargo and
passenger capacities and seemed more like real cars. I'm glad your son
was able to sell his interest in the Sparrow, hopefully before having
to make an expensive investment in replacement batteries.

Zach Kaplan

Carol Cohen > wrote in message >...
> I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow
> last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person
> purple cartoon around the Bay area.
>
> C.C.
>
> > From: "Joshua Goldberg" >
> > Organization: Bell Sympatico
> > Newsgroups: alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
> > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:47:16 -0400
> > Subject: Re: and sponsored by.....
> >
> > I thought Corbin Motors was a father & son operation, with the father
> > retaining the original (upolstery) business as a seperate entity.
> > If I was the father and my son came to me and said...Gee Dad I have this
> > really good idea, how about I design a Clown Car and slap a Harley Davidson
> > engine in it and for another model I fill it with 12 12V batteries and slap
> > an electric motor in it. As the father I would most certainly seperate my
> > upolstery business from my wacko son.
> > ------------------------
> > "John Riley" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> (Sorry about the blank post. I hit the wrong key.)
> >>
> >> I think maybe Corbin _motors_ went broke, but I think the seat business
> >> is seperate. Burley's still have corbin seat bases.
> >>
> >> John Riley
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>> --------------------------<
> >> Posted via cyclingforums.com
> >> http://www.cyclingforums.com
> >
> >

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"PreciousBbird" > wrote in message
...
> Carol Cohen wrote:
> > I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> > Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> > single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.
>
>
>
> Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.

It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world
renowned micro car museum.

http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html

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[skip]

"PreciousBbird" > wrote in message
...
> Carol Cohen wrote:
> > I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> > Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> > single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.
>
>
>
> Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.

It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world
renowned micro car museum.

http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html

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[skip]

"skip" > wrote in message
...
>
> "PreciousBbird" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Carol Cohen wrote:
> > > I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> > > Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> > > single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.
>
> It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world
> renowned micro car museum.
>
> http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
>
> skip

While you are at the micro car museum be sure to check out the 1953 Velo
Car.

http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/velo-velocar.html

[skip]

"skip" > wrote in message
...
>
> "PreciousBbird" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Carol Cohen wrote:
> > > I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin
> > > Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a
> > > single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity.
>
> It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world
> renowned micro car museum.
>
> http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
>
> skip

While you are at the micro car museum be sure to check out the 1953 Velo
Car.

http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/velo-velocar.html

[Don]

Skip, Who are you trying to kid??? That is a tadpole trike with full fairing.

"skip" > wrote in message >...
>
> It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world
> renowned micro car museum.
>
> http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
>
> skip

[Don]

Skip, Who are you trying to kid??? That is a tadpole trike with full fairing.

"skip" > wrote in message >...
>
> It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world
> renowned micro car museum.
>
> http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
>
> skip

[skip]

"Christopher Jordan" > wrote in message
om...
> "skip" > wrote in message
>...
> >
>
> > It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the
world
> > renowned micro car museum.
> >
> > http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
> >
> > skip
>
> What a hoot! I missed that museum on previous searches. Thanks Skip!
> A truly enjoyable visit for me. That was more complete than
> www.3-wheelers.com A to Z tour, I believe.
>

Another really cool site. I *love* the Lomax 223 especially in BRG (British
Racing Green).

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[skip]

"Christopher Jordan" > wrote in message
om...
> "skip" > wrote in message
>...
> >
>
> > It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the
world
> > renowned micro car museum.
> >
> > http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
> >
> > skip
>
> What a hoot! I missed that museum on previous searches. Thanks Skip!
> A truly enjoyable visit for me. That was more complete than
> www.3-wheelers.com A to Z tour, I believe.
>

Another really cool site. I *love* the Lomax 223 especially in BRG (British
Racing Green).

skip