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ISBN:
978-0-7864-1719-3
[Old ISBN: 0-7864-1719-6] |
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Fisher
Body Craftsman's Guild - dream car competition
John Prinz
 In
the fifties and early sixties, car designs
were perhaps at their most dramatic, with
acres of chrome and fins that went on forever.
So dramatic were the styles, and futuristic
were the car concepts that in America in
particular, even kids were excited about
the new car designs. [More]
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Carving
Out a Career in the Design World —
1950s Style
John L. Jacobus
 Many
woodcarvers got their start as a youth designing
cars for the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild
competition… The Fisher Body Craftsman's
Guild brought together boys and young men
(ages 12-20) from across America in a combination
industrial arts competition and a General
Motors' talent search. College scholarships
were awarded to those demonstrating the
highest technical skill in constructing
a 1:18 scale Miniature Model Napoleonic
Coach or a scratch-built 1:12 scale model
"Dream Car"... [More]
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Recaptured
youth: A reunion of the Fisher Body Craftsman's
Guild
Steve Purdy
 From
1930 to 1968, the Fisher Body Craftsman's
Guild design competition tested the creative
imaginations and practical skills of automotively
attuned boys from around the U.S. Last June,
for the first time, participants from throughout
the program's history gathered for a reunion
in the Detroit area. They posed for this
group portrait on the design-display patio
at the General Motors Technical Center in
Warren, Michigan. [More]
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Remembering
General Motors' Fisher Body Craftsman's
Guild
John Jacobus and Skip Geear
 What
was the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, and
what was its purpose? This question can
be asked of anyone born between 1950 and
1970, and very few, if any, would know the
answer today. Even the parent company of
the Fisher Body Division (which founded
the Craftsman's Guild), General Motors,
has become extremely vague about the subject
in this modern technological age... [More]
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Guilding
Helen V. Hutchings
Some of life's experiences seem to have
a special magic, an aura if you will, about
them that, rather than fading with the passage
of time, continue to glow as - or even more
- brightly. For the men who to this day
proudly refer to themselves as "Guildsmen."
this is absolutely the case. Becoming a
Guildsman was no easy matter. It had to
be earned... [More]
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