Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your Fisher Body shopping experience:
1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the Fisher Body offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of Fisher Body at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.
2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about
3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a Fisher Body? Wrong! If the Fisher Body is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.
4. Questions - Got a question about Fisher Body then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....
5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling Fisher Body? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about Fisher Body and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.
6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Fisher Body wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your Fisher Body then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Fisher Body site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about Fisher Body, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your Fisher Body, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
Fisher Body is an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in
Detroit, Michigan which is now an operating division of
General Motors.
Fisher Body's beginnings trace back to a horse-drawn carriage shop in Norwalk, Ohio, in the late 1800s. Lawrence Fisher and his wife Margaret had a large family of eleven children of which seven were sons who would all become a part of the Fisher Body Company in Detroit.
The Fisher brothers were:
Frederick J. Fisher (1878-1941)
Charles T. Fisher (1880-1963)
Lawrence P. Fisher (1881-1961)
William A. Fisher (1886-1969)
Edward F. Fisher (1891-1972)
Alfred J. Fisher (1892-1963)
Howard A. Fisher (1902-1942)
In 1904 and 1905, the two eldest brothers, Fred and Charles, came to Detroit where their uncle Albert Fisher had established Standard Wagon Works during the latter part of the 1880s. The brothers found work at the C. R. Wilson Company, a manufacturer of horse-drawn carriage bodies who were beginning to make bodies for the automobile manufacturers. With financing from their uncle, on July 22, 1908 Fred and Charles Fisher established the Fisher Body Company. However, their uncle soon wanted out and the brothers obtained the needed funds from Detroit businessman Louis Mendelssohn who became a shareholder and director. Within a short period of time, Charles and Fred Fisher brought their five younger male siblings into the business.
Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the body of the
Cadillac Osceola at the C. R. Wilson Company. Starting in 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for
Cadillac (automobile), and also built for Buick. In a 1919 deal put together by president
William C. Durant, General Motors bought 60% of the company before integrating it entirely as an in-house coachbuilding division in 1926.
The company constructed their signature factory, Fisher Body 21, in 1919. At the time, the company had more than 40 buildings encompassing 3,700,000 square feet (344,000 m²) of floor space. The Fisher company purchased
Fleetwood Metal Body in 1925. It was split from Ternstedt and recombined in 1968. Fisher was dissolved by being merged with other GM operations in 1984.
In the early years of the company, the Fisher Brothers had to develop new body designs because the "horseless carriage" bodies did not have the strength to withstand the vibrations of the new motorcars. By 1913, the Fisher Body Company had the capacity to produce 100,000 cars per year and customers included:
Ford Motor Company,
Krit,
Chalmers Automobile, Cadillac, and
Studebaker. Highly successful, they expanded into
Canada, setting up a plant in Walkerville, Ontario and by 1914 their operations had grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of auto bodies. Part of the reason for their success was the development of interchangeable wooden body parts that did not have to be hand-fitted, as was the case in the construction of carriages. This required the design of new precision woodworking tools.
In 1916, the Company became the Fisher Body Corporation. Its capacity was now 370,000 bodies per year and its customers included
Abbot,
Buick, Cadillac,
Chalmers Automobile, Chandler, Chevrolet,
Churchfield,
Elmore,
EMF, Ford Motor Company,
Herreshoff (automobile),
Hudson Motor Car Company, Krit, Oldsmobile,
Packard,
Regal, and
Studebaker.
From its beginning in the "horseless carriage shop" in Norwalk, Ohio, to its sale in 1919 and 1926 to General Motors, the Fisher Body Company was built by the Fisher brothers into one of the world's largest manufacturing companies.
The company owned 160,000 acres of timberland and used more wood, carpet, tacks, and thread than any other manufacturer in the world. It had more than 40 plants and employed more than 100,000 people, and pioneered many improvements in tooling and automobile design including closed all-weather bodies.
Fisher Body's contribution to the war effort in both World War I and World War II included the production of both airplanes and tanks. Alfred J. Fisher was Aircraft Director for Fisher Body.
On August 14, 1944, the Fisher brothers resigned from General Motors to devote their time to other interests, including the magnificent
Fisher Building on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. The brothers also mounted a bid to take-over Hudson Motor Car Company, but their tender offer fell short of its market value and the effort was rejected by stockholders.
On January 19, 1972, the last of the Fisher brothers died. The seven brothers left a legacy that will long be remembered. They donated millions of dollars to schools, churches, and other charitable causes and were active in directing those endeavors.
The Fisher family has continued on in the automotive industry with Fisher Corporation (metal stamping), General Safety (seat belts), Fisher Dynamics (seat mechanisms & structures), and TeamLinden (seat mechanisms).
Fisher milestones:
- 1930 - Slanted windshields for reduced glare
- 1933 - "No-Draft" ventilation
- 1934 - One-piece steel "turret top" roofs
- 1935 - Former Durant Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan, opens
- 1936 - Dual windshield wipers
- 1969 - Fisher's "Side Guard Beam" is introduced
- 1974 - Invented the ignition interlock system
- 1974 - Produced GM's first airbag
- 1975 - Fisher develops GM's first all-metric vehicle, the Chevrolet Chevette
- 1983 - Fisher Body and Buick division's Flint, Michigan, operations are combined as Buick City
- 1984 - The Lansing factory is melded with Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac to become Lansing Car Assembly
- 1990 - Fisher closes Elyria, OH, facility
Advertising
The General Motors "Body by Fisher" advertising campaigns were legendary and brought many
artists to the attention of the
United States public.
McClelland Barclay used artwork showing
fashionable women to promote the image of comfort and style. Edgar de Evia photographed a large campaign for them through Kudner Advertising in the 1950s using leading name
model (person),
haute couture from top fashion design often with huge
filming location production budgets.
External links
- Fisher Body at Car of the century
Fisher Body is an
automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in
Detroit, Michigan which is now an operating division of General Motors.
Fisher Body's beginnings trace back to a horse-drawn carriage shop in
Norwalk, Ohio, in the late 1800s. Lawrence Fisher and his wife Margaret had a large family of eleven children of which seven were sons who would all become a part of the Fisher Body Company in Detroit.
The Fisher brothers were:
Frederick J. Fisher (1878-1941)
Charles T. Fisher (1880-1963)
Lawrence P. Fisher (1881-1961)
William A. Fisher (1886-1969)
Edward F. Fisher (1891-1972)
Alfred J. Fisher (1892-1963)
Howard A. Fisher (1902-1942)
In 1904 and 1905, the two eldest brothers, Fred and Charles, came to Detroit where their uncle Albert Fisher had established Standard Wagon Works during the latter part of the 1880s. The brothers found work at the C. R. Wilson Company, a manufacturer of horse-drawn carriage bodies who were beginning to make bodies for the automobile manufacturers. With financing from their uncle, on July 22, 1908 Fred and Charles Fisher established the Fisher Body Company. However, their uncle soon wanted out and the brothers obtained the needed funds from Detroit businessman Louis Mendelssohn who became a shareholder and director. Within a short period of time, Charles and Fred Fisher brought their five younger male siblings into the business.
Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the body of the Cadillac Osceola at the C. R. Wilson Company. Starting in 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for Cadillac (automobile), and also built for Buick. In a 1919 deal put together by president William C. Durant, General Motors bought 60% of the company before integrating it entirely as an in-house coachbuilding division in 1926.
The company constructed their signature factory, Fisher Body 21, in 1919. At the time, the company had more than 40 buildings encompassing 3,700,000 square feet (344,000 m²) of floor space. The Fisher company purchased Fleetwood Metal Body in 1925. It was split from Ternstedt and recombined in 1968. Fisher was dissolved by being merged with other GM operations in 1984.
In the early years of the company, the Fisher Brothers had to develop new body designs because the "horseless carriage" bodies did not have the strength to withstand the vibrations of the new motorcars. By 1913, the Fisher Body Company had the capacity to produce 100,000 cars per year and customers included: Ford Motor Company,
Krit,
Chalmers Automobile, Cadillac, and Studebaker. Highly successful, they expanded into Canada, setting up a plant in
Walkerville, Ontario and by 1914 their operations had grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of auto bodies. Part of the reason for their success was the development of interchangeable wooden body parts that did not have to be hand-fitted, as was the case in the construction of carriages. This required the design of new precision woodworking tools.
In 1916, the Company became the Fisher Body Corporation. Its capacity was now 370,000 bodies per year and its customers included Abbot,
Buick,
Cadillac,
Chalmers Automobile,
Chandler, Chevrolet, Churchfield,
Elmore,
EMF,
Ford Motor Company, Herreshoff (automobile), Hudson Motor Car Company,
Krit, Oldsmobile,
Packard,
Regal, and
Studebaker.
From its beginning in the "horseless carriage shop" in Norwalk, Ohio, to its sale in 1919 and 1926 to General Motors, the Fisher Body Company was built by the Fisher brothers into one of the world's largest manufacturing companies.
The company owned 160,000 acres of timberland and used more wood, carpet, tacks, and thread than any other manufacturer in the world. It had more than 40 plants and employed more than 100,000 people, and pioneered many improvements in tooling and automobile design including closed all-weather bodies.
Fisher Body's contribution to the war effort in both World War I and World War II included the production of both airplanes and tanks. Alfred J. Fisher was Aircraft Director for Fisher Body.
On August 14, 1944, the Fisher brothers resigned from General Motors to devote their time to other interests, including the magnificent Fisher Building on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. The brothers also mounted a bid to take-over
Hudson Motor Car Company, but their tender offer fell short of its market value and the effort was rejected by stockholders.
On January 19, 1972, the last of the Fisher brothers died. The seven brothers left a legacy that will long be remembered. They donated millions of dollars to schools, churches, and other charitable causes and were active in directing those endeavors.
The Fisher family has continued on in the automotive industry with Fisher Corporation (metal stamping), General Safety (seat belts), Fisher Dynamics (seat mechanisms & structures), and TeamLinden (seat mechanisms).
Fisher milestones:
- 1930 - Slanted windshields for reduced glare
- 1933 - "No-Draft" ventilation
- 1934 - One-piece steel "turret top" roofs
- 1935 - Former Durant Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan, opens
- 1936 - Dual windshield wipers
- 1969 - Fisher's "Side Guard Beam" is introduced
- 1974 - Invented the ignition interlock system
- 1974 - Produced GM's first airbag
- 1975 - Fisher develops GM's first all-metric vehicle, the Chevrolet Chevette
- 1983 - Fisher Body and Buick division's Flint, Michigan, operations are combined as Buick City
- 1984 - The Lansing factory is melded with Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac to become Lansing Car Assembly
- 1990 - Fisher closes Elyria, OH, facility
Advertising
The General Motors "Body by Fisher" advertising campaigns were legendary and brought many
artists to the attention of the
United States public. McClelland Barclay used artwork showing fashionable women to promote the image of comfort and style. Edgar de Evia photographed a large campaign for them through Kudner Advertising in the 1950s using leading name
model (person),
haute couture from top fashion design often with huge
filming location production budgets.
External links
- Fisher Body at Car of the century
Fisher Body - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fisher Body is an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan which is now an operating division of General Motors Corporation.
Fisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fisher Body 21, Detroit Michigan, History and Photos ... TOC | ABOUT | UPDATES | MAP | DISCLAIMER | CONTACT | AWARDS | LINKS. History. The story of Fisher Body 21 ...
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