<VV> Inside the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild / NO Corvair

[Ken Pepke]

I remember it well.  Originally they made copies of the Fisher Coach but in the early 50s they changed to model cars.  Somewhere I still have the cars which I entered.  Never got into the 'big money' but did win several of the lesser awards.  Later I was working in the Fisher Body headquarters and was able to see ALL the entered cars on display in the auditorium.  The quality of these models went all over the board so it was interesting to watch the judging ... they paid attention to all the entries and sent scoring information to every entry.

It was a really great program but it fell out of interest with our children, as witnessed by the declining of the number of entries over the years.  It was a sad day for me when Fisher announced the last year of competition.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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> From: MSYVairs at aol.com
> Date: January 24, 2012 9:47:51 AM EST
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Inside the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild
> 
> I remember this well!!
> 
> In the late 50's I submitted an application and started on a vehicle  
> design and the preliminary work of working on the model. A short time later our  
> family went thru a major emergency which resulted in our moving to 
> accommodate  my fathers new job. As a result I lost interest in the project. I do 
> remember a  representative of the Guild coming to our school and giving us a 
> speech and show  on the program!
> 
> Bill "Swamp-Rat" Hadley
> Baton Rouge, LA
> 
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> 
> In a message dated 1/24/2012 8:22:26 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
> brent.fullard at rogers.com writes:
> 
> Here's  something I had never heard of before: The Fisher Body Craftsman's 
> Guild,  which was a GM design competition for young aspiring car designers 
> in the  '50's and '60s described in this  book: