My grandfather made this coach-the BEST I have ever seen! We literally just got repossession of it yesterday from my Uncle's estate. I will note that my grandfather did NOT win because he forgot the bar that connects the coach to the horsemen. The judges suggested he re-apply the next year. It is the most amazing piece of work I have ever seen.
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My father got the model kit sometime in the 1930's. Never completed it. Gave the original body to a girlfriend (who returned it decades later) but kept the directions and made his own much later, finishing it in, I think, the 1980's. A few changes, but definitely from the same directions. It's mine now, and I love it! Brings back some memories!
Was in jr high school when my Ancient amd Medieval history teach, a custom car buff told us about the Fisher Body Guild contest...applied and got the information packet, what a great source of info about car design from scratch. Didn't have the tools nor skills at that time to finish in time. There's a youtube channel that has more detailed presentation in high def and color show casing some really imaginative designs from the sixties contests. IIRC he has about 3 videos. Check them out.
My stepfather was a tool-and-dye maker at GM's Fisher Body plant in Mansfield, Ohio for twenty years. It was a wonderful company ruined by the subsidiary relationship it developed with the foully evil General Motors Corporation.
@@TugIronChief Ah, but mine is a specifically crafted warning to mindless fools like yourself to watch your manners, while yours, like every utterance you've ever made, is an empty and self-serving attempt to puff yourself up by offering nothing in reply but an insult. If you had similarly crafted a username, it would certainly have to be Epimetheus.🤣🤣
One of the earlier attempts to milk out a viable design from 10's of thousands of people for free.... why pay designers when you can get the public to do it for free... hahahahaha
The whole gang were members in good standing of The He-Man Women Hater’s Club. Then one day that girl Darla suddenly seemed different in your eye, and the gang was never the same again.
They would have been way too much competition, causing the old white male judges to have to ignore their superior efforts, demonstrated by the women who built the ships, planes and tanks for the just-ended World War II.
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My grandfather made this coach-the BEST I have ever seen! We literally just got repossession of it yesterday from my Uncle's estate. I will note that my grandfather did NOT win because he forgot the bar that connects the coach to the horsemen. The judges suggested he re-apply the next year. It is the most amazing piece of work I have ever seen.
Thanks for letting us see this great old film. The boys who won clearly earned their prizes.
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What a great program the Fisher Body Company set up. Apparently it ran from 1930 -- 1968, I am suprised that I have never heard of it before.
Thinking the same thing. I was to young in 1968
what an amazing and forgotten time....if only companies did things like this today for basic blue collar craftsmen
My father got the model kit sometime in the 1930's. Never completed it. Gave the original body to a girlfriend (who returned it decades later) but kept the directions and made his own much later, finishing it in, I think, the 1980's. A few changes, but definitely from the same directions. It's mine now, and I love it! Brings back some memories!
I like these old golden age of documentary type shows. 👍🏻🇺🇲
Interestingly one of the car models featured resembles both a Tucker and a 1948 Studebaker.
I was thinking that that model looked like a Tucker also.
Was in jr high school when my Ancient amd Medieval history teach, a custom car buff told us about the Fisher Body Guild contest...applied and got the information packet, what a great source of info about car design from scratch. Didn't have the tools nor skills at that time to finish in time.
There's a youtube channel that has more detailed presentation in high def and color show casing some really imaginative designs from the sixties contests. IIRC he has about 3 videos. Check them out.
What funny hats the boys are wearing!
What's with those hats?
Interesting they awarded prizes by State. A kid in Wyoming had a much better chance of going home with some money than a kid in California.
The country was broken up into nine regions with approximately equal populations. The regional winners went to the national convention.
@@sambone8194 You still had a better chance of making money AND the regionals if from Wyoming than California - simple math. 🚗
What year was the film recorded?
Originally released in 1947.
It would be nice to know what year this film was made.
It says 1940
Based on the Pontiacs shown around 13:20 it has to be ‘41 to ‘46. Feels pre-war to me, so I’ll guess 1941.
@@65gtotrips Thank you.
@@jacksons1010 Thanks.
Boys Only. How times have changed.
If I win the contest, I refuse to wear the silly hat. Do I still get the money?
My stepfather was a tool-and-dye maker at GM's Fisher Body plant in Mansfield, Ohio for twenty years. It was a wonderful company ruined by the subsidiary relationship it developed with the foully evil General Motors Corporation.
@@TugIronChief HAL 9000 is looking for you, Mr. Fake Name.🤣🤣
@@TugIronChief Ah, but mine is a specifically crafted warning to mindless fools like yourself to watch your manners, while yours, like every utterance you've ever made, is an empty and self-serving attempt to puff yourself up by offering nothing in reply but an insult. If you had similarly crafted a username, it would certainly have to be Epimetheus.🤣🤣
Would be funny if three girls Pat Terry and Jaime showed up at the finals.
Rust by Fisher
One of the earlier attempts to milk out a viable design from 10's of thousands of people for free.... why pay designers when you can get the public to do it for free... hahahahaha
NO girls need apply!😝
I’m made uneasy by the whole vibe of th’ thing.
The whole gang were members in good standing of The He-Man Women Hater’s Club. Then one day that girl Darla suddenly seemed different in your eye, and the gang was never the same again.
@@chapmyers9272 please elaborate, < explain> your delicate sensibilities, i figured this would upset the woke something fierce 🤦🏻 grow a pair
They would have been way too much competition, causing the old white male judges to have to ignore their superior efforts, demonstrated by the women who built the ships, planes and tanks for the just-ended World War II.
What a load of corporate bs … and suckers still fall for it …