Guest vikrug Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Looking for info and hopefully a photo of a Buick with a body made by Fisher Body Corp out of Detroit Mich. the info found on the vehicle is shown in the attachments in this message. any help would be appreciated. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean1997 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Job no. 6910 = 1927 Buick model 51Body no. 13324 = 13324th model 51 built out of 13,862 1954652 is the engine serial number, which falls into the range for 1927. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vikrug Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Thank you for taking thetime to share this info with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I believe it was 1925 when General Motors bought Fisher Body. The tags must be older stock from before 1925 when it was still an independent body manufacturer. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean1997 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 The Fisher tag with the job number was used through the 1931 model year (see attached picture). The phrase "Body by Fisher" was used on the body tag through at least the 1982 model year (see attached picture). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) The phrase "Body by Fisher" was used on the body tag through at least the 1982 model year (see attached picture).Any post-1925 GM's that come to mind that are NOT 'Body by Fisher'? GM bought Fleetwood around 1927, and reserved it for Cadillac. Ionia Body Division of Mitchell-Bentley Corp. built station wagon bodies for Buick & Oldsmobile from 1954 thru 1964. Pinin Farina built Cadillac Eldorado Brougham bodies in 1959 & 1960, and Allante bodies from 1987 to '91(?). Any others come to mind? Craig Edited September 10, 2015 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 What's left of Fisher Body Plant #21 still remains in Detroit: http://www.detroiturbex.com/content/industry/fisher/index.html The building pre-dates the purchase of Fisher Body by GM. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 A more complete version of the same car. A real beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Any post-1925 GM's that come to mind that are NOT 'Body by Fisher'? GM bought Fleetwood around 1927, and reserved it for Cadillac. Ionia Body Division of Mitchell-Bentley Corp. built station wagon bodies for Buick & Oldsmobile from 1954 thru 1964. Pinin Farina built Cadillac Eldorado Brougham bodies in 1959 & 1960, and Allante bodies from 1987 to '91(?). Any others come to mind? CraigYES!W.F. Stewart built roadsters and phaetons, at least through 1931. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Plenty more detail re Fisher here - http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fisher/fisher.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean1997 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I'm a bit confused, perhaps you can clarify for me. Your first post: The tags must be older stock from before 1925 when it was still an independent body manufacturer. implies that the body tags should not say Fisher Body. Your other post: Any post-1925 GM's that come to mind that are NOT 'Body by Fisher'? implies that all body tags (except a few as noted) should say Fisher Body. It can't be both ways. The job number tag is clearly not old stock. That style tag was used from 1925 to 1931 and, as you noted, all body tags (except those built by Biehl, Hercules, Ionia/Mitchell-Bentley, Fleetwood, etc.) had Fisher Body on them until long after 1931. Fisher Body dates1919 GM starts acquisition of Fisher Body Corp (buys 60% of Fisher stock).1925 Fisher acquires Fleetwood (July 18, 1925)1926 GM finalizes acquisition of Fisher Body Corp (buys remaining 40% of Fisher stock).1931 Fleetwood integrated into General Motors1984 GM begins phasing out Fisher Body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my3buicks Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 There are Brewster Buicks, Brunn Buicks to name just a couple, it was not uncommon for coach builders to do custom bodies on upper end cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 W.F. Stewart was NOT a custom body builder. It was an in-house builder, just as Fisher and Fleetwood were. They did the roadsters and phaetons. Interestingly, they did not apply body builder tags.They were also a very rudimentary builder. The roadster and phaeton bodies were not "finished" nearly as nicely as the convertibles were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Any post-1925 GM's that come to mind that are NOT 'Body by Fisher'? GM bought Fleetwood around 1927, and reserved it for Cadillac. Ionia Body Division of Mitchell-Bentley Corp. built station wagon bodies for Buick & Oldsmobile from 1954 thru 1964. Pinin Farina built Cadillac Eldorado Brougham bodies in 1959 & 1960, and Allante bodies from 1987 to '91(?). Any others come to mind? Craig There are Brewster Buicks, Brunn Buicks to name just a couple, it was not uncommon for coach builders to do custom bodies on upper end carsHess EisenhardtFlxibleMiller Meteor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) I'm a bit confused, perhaps you can clarify for me. Your first post: implies that the body tags should not say Fisher Body. Your other post: implies that all body tags (except a few as noted) should say Fisher Body. It can't be both ways. The job number tag is clearly not old stock. That style tag was used from 1925 to 1931 and, as you noted, all body tags (except those built by Biehl, Hercules, Ionia/Mitchell-Bentley, Fleetwood, etc.) had Fisher Body on them until long after 1931. My first post is my remark on the 1925 & later Fisher body tags wrongly implies Fisher Body was still a separate entity; with no indication on it that it was a division of General Motors. And some have stated it was used up until 1931. My second post states by the 1930's, General Motors applied the 'Body by Fisher' logo to most of their cars, aside from the few myself and a couple of others have mentioned. Probably the most memorable 'Body by Fisher' logos (along with the carriage) are the ovals as seen on the sill plate for decades. Craig Edited September 13, 2015 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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