the great art and variety of design in 1909 car company catalogs

 The Corbin 4 Passenger baby tonneau

 Corbin 4 passenger roadster

Corbin 5 passenger touring

Aboev is a 1909 Corbin I found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=19172

Notice in the above description the roadster is said to have a "mechanician's" seat. What the hell? I've learned a new word! According to Wikipedia a mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, It is also the term by which makers of mechanical automata use in reference to their profession.

found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1