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A bit of "Body by Fisher" history


Making link live....... Interesting read!

http://www.cartype.com/pages/346/body_by_fisher





-- Edited by 67Poncho on Friday 22nd of June 2012 08:29:59 AM

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Thanks Vince, I need to learn how to do that on here. LoL



-- Edited by B-52 on Friday 22nd of June 2012 08:48:09 AM

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I found this too, it has more photosand more history. I'm sure that I won't insert it properly again.

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fisher/fisher.htm



-- Edited by B-52 on Friday 22nd of June 2012 09:19:16 AM

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B-52 wrote:

Thanks, someone needs to let me know how to insert links properly, I don't know why downloading pictures is easier.


  Also, some links won't go live till you hit the space bar after the last letter!

 Go back and edit you two posts with the links you have in there and place the cursor after the last letter.. Hit the space bar.... It will turn blue with everything under lined! That is how you know it will work!

 Give 'er a shot!



 



-- Edited by 67Poncho on Friday 22nd of June 2012 01:33:05 PM

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A good read if you're into the history side of things and old advertising.

http://www.cartype.com/pages/346/body_by_fisher



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Great read Chris!

A couple of the reader's comments are "different" ...

"My Dad had a 1965 Galaxie 500 and it had a body by Fisher emblem on the door sill. If this was a GM company how was this possible?" confuse

"hi. i search for my dodge dart gt Convertible 1966 a new pair of Scuff Plate (N.O.S) have you this part in your stock.and say me the price please. thank
Denis" confuse



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Maybe his Galaxie had a body job by some guy named "Fisher"biggrin



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B-52 wrote:

I'm sure that I won't insert it properly again.

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fisher/fisher.htm

 


 You've got that right ... biggrin

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fisher/fisher.htm



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Thanks, someone needs to let me know how to insert links properly, I don't know why downloading pictures is easier.

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Or, if you are in the advanced editor, simply "copy" your link and "paste" it into the text area.


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Albert, Fred and Charles Fisher, whose family had built horse-drawn carriages in Ohio in the late 1800s, Opened Fisher Body in 1908 in Detroit.


fisher body logo 80s

1980s Fisher Body logo. (source: GM)

They produced car bodies for the likes of Cadillac, Buick, Ford and Studebaker before General Motors purchased 60 percent of the company in 1919.

The six Fisher brothers sold the rest of their shares to GM in 1926, becoming fabulously wealthy in the process, to the tune of $88,000,0000.

Fisher Body existed as a separate division with GM until a 1984 reorganization, when Fisher's 23 stamping, body-assembly and trim plants were folded into GM's larger manufacturing organization.

The 1985 models continued to bear Fisher Body's Napoleonic carriage logo, but by 1996, GM cars carried only division logos.

The Fisher Body Division of General Motors was disbanded as 1984 came to an end

(source: Car & Driver).


fisher body logo 30s

1930s Fisher Body logo. (source: GM)

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Body by Fisher oval logo.

body by fisher 2

Body by Fisher square logo.

fisher body fleetwood plaque

Fleetwood's Fisher Body plaque. (source: Coachbuilt)
©2004 Mark Theobald - All rights reserved.

body by fisher emblem

Body by Fisher oval emblem.

body by fisher sill 1 sm

Body by Fisher oval emblem on door sill.

body by fisher emblem buick electra sill 2 60

Body By Fisher door-sill emblem from a 1960 Buick Electra.

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Body By Fisher door-sill emblem from a 1960 Buick Electra.

in 1933, Fisher Body developed no-draft ventilation, allowing the in-flow and circulation of fresh air while deflecting the draft (making it more bearable for non-smoking companions of cigarette-smokers in particular), and introduced it on all closed GM cars the same year.

(source: GM)

body by fisher smoke 33

1933 No-Draft Ventilation.

FISHER BODY CRAFTMAN'S GUILD COACH MODEL

The featured coach is a model of the corporate marque of the Fisher Body Company, and is one of the finest existing examples of the coach models from the 1930's.

The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild was a competition were young men crafted a model coach (later a concept car) to be judged by GM designers and engineers. Winners were awarded significant college scholarships.

The Craftsman's Guild competition ran from the 1930's into the late 1960's. The program grew to be one of the largest youth-oriented contests in the world, and many participants went on to significant design and engineering positions in the automotive industry.

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Fisher Body Craftsmans Guild Coach model. (source: GM)

fisher body craftsmans guild coach 1.png

Fisher Body Craftsmans Guild Coach model. (source: GM)

fisher body craftsmans guild coach 3.png

Fisher Body Craftsmans Guild Coach model. (source: GM)

BODY BY FISHER ADS
gm bodybyfisher ad 25

1925 General Motors ad highlighting the relationship between GM and Fisher Body.

fisher ad 35

1935 Fisher Body ad for the "Solid steel production of the Turret Top Body by Fisher." Available on Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, La Salle, and Cadillac models.

fisher ad 49

1949 GM "Body By Fisher" ad.

fisher gm ad 51

1951 "Body By Fisher" ad.

fisher ad 53

1953 "Body By Fisher" ad.

fisher ad 61

1961 Pontiac "Body By Fisher" ad.

fisher chevy ad

Chevrolet "Body By Fisher" ad.

fisherbody ad 64

1964 Fisher Body ad.

fisherbody ad 65

1965 Fisher Body ad.

fisherbody ad 66

1966 Fisher Body ad.

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GM logo.



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Dug up this old post as it seems like the right place to post this ad I found.

 

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