I was sitting here talking to my Dad and we got to talking about Fisher bodies...We both can't remember for the life of us when Fisher stopped making General Motors bodies..I have looked all over Google and Wikipedia and I am having no luck...Does anybody know?

 

Wiki's article on Fisher is not that good, IMO, but it looks like 1984 was the year they got combined with Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac to become Lansing Car Assembly.

 

Thanks Dave...I agree Wikipedia didn't seem to have alot of information on it...

 

I think they were around at least until 1988. I say this because 88 is the last year Government Motors made G-bodys and I've never seen a G-body that didn't have "Body By Fisher" on the kick plate.
Below is the kickplate on my 86 GN. Nice pic eh?

 

HAH...Thanks Nassty..

 

On my 90 camaro it had "Body by Fisher" on the sill plates

 

Was googling around, and found a thread on a GM board where someone claimed the 'Body by Fisher' plate was last used on the '94 'J' bodies (Chevy Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire).

 

I think you are right...I could almost have sworn I have seen that in some early 90 model GM vehicles...Dad was thinking late 80s or early 90s...

 

I'd rather have a "Body by Pininfarina" on my car.

 

Big fan of the Cadillac Allante, are you?

 

I know the old Fisher plant LOOKS LIKE HELL OFF WHEELS.........

https://www.google.com/search?q=pics...w=1366&bih=677

I used to work in Detroit setting up the International Auto Show(s) . I'd get off of I-75 at the Springwells exit and travel down Fort Ave for about 7 miles and drive right by it.

Seems like the gov't would make companies that abandon buildings either tear them down or maintain them.

I'd hate to live around there and have kids, cuz when I was a kid, that decrepit place would be my new hang.

Here's a link (virtual tour) for the old Packard plant in Detroit.

http://photo.photojpl.com/tour/packa...rd-motors.html

 

Those are some neat pics...too bad nobody could have bought the building and used it for something...I agree with your point..Why the hell doesn't the city make them tear it down or why doesn't the city tear it down?

 

If it is considered a historic building, the government might actually prevent the property owner from tearing it down.

Probably a bunch of contamination on the site, too, making it even harder to sell or re-use.

If there were demand for manufacturing, the industry would just build a modern building on nearby vacant land instead of re-using those old buildings.

Hard to re-purpose an obsolete manufacturing building, especially if the area is in decline. It does happen sometimes, though, but usually during an economic boom in areas where vacant land is in short supply.