Fisher Body
Automobile coachbuilder and division of General Motors / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Company type | Division of General Motors |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | July 22, 1908; 115 years ago (1908-07-22) in Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Founders | Fred Fisher, Charles Fisher |
Defunct | 1984 (1984) |
Fate | Dissolved by GM |
Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan , U.S. |
Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1984, General Motors dissolved its Fisher Body Division — as part of its extensive North American restructuring. Eight parts-making facilities from within the Fisher division were combined with the Guide division, which manufactured headlights and plastic parts, to form the Fisher Guide Division. Other plants formerly operated by Fisher were reorganized to become the Chevrolet Pontiac, GM of Canada and the Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac (BOC) group.[1]
The name and its iconic "Body by Fisher" logo were widely known, as General Motors vehicles each displayed a "Body by Fisher" emblem on their door sill plates until Fisher Body's demise.