Starting in 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for Cadillac, Buick, Oakland and Oldsmobile. It was built on the chassis of the 1905 Cadillac Model E. Leland to determine the feasibility of a car body that was closed to the elements. Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the first closed-body coupe, the 1905 Cadillac Osceola at the C. Soon Charles and Fred Fisher brought their five younger brothers into the business. Their uncle soon wanted out, and the brothers obtained the needed funds from businessman Louis Mendelssohn who became a shareholder and director. With financing from their uncle, on July 22, 1908, Fred and Charles Fisher established the Fisher Body Company.

Wilson Company, a manufacturer of horse-drawn carriage bodies that was beginning to make bodies for automobile manufacturers. In 19, the two eldest brothers, Fred and Charles, came to Detroit where their uncle Albert Fisher had established Standard Wagon Works during the latter part of the 1880s.

Margaret Theisen Fisher lived in Detroit after her husband died. Lawrence and Margaret were married in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1876. Fisher (1852 Peru, Ohio – 1921, Norwalk, Ohio) and his wife Margaret Theisen (1857 Baden, Germany – 1936 Detroit, Michigan) had a large family of eleven children seven were sons who would become part of the Fisher Body Company in Detroit. Fisher, president of Fisher Body corporation in Detroit's Boston-Edison Historic District, designed by architect George Mason įisher Body's beginnings trace back to a horse-drawn carriage shop in Norwalk, Ohio, in the late 1800s. 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.įisher brothers Tudor revival style mansion of Charles T. Other plants formerly operated by Fisher were reorganized to become the Chevrolet Pontiac, GM of Canada and the Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac (BOC) group. 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. In 1984, General Motors dissolved its Fisher Body Division - as part of its extensive North American restructuring. Pick up the life-size Portal 2 turret for $24.99 from ThinkGeek, or check out some other geeky Aperture stuff like the Portal Cookie Cutters and the Aluminum Portal Bookends.Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan. Except the ego of your less-geeky-than-you neighbors. Don’t worry – this guy is over three feet tall, but he won’t hurt anything. Officially licensed Portal / Portal 2 collectibleĭon’t miss out – get your giant rubber killing machine today.Use it to protect your home and loved ones.Fill it with all your hot air (just think about the lemons).Inflatable turret from the video games Portal & Portal 2.Life-Size Inflatable Portal 2 Sentry Turret Innovation trumps the big bad wolf once again. I hope you have the lungs of a blue whale, because it’s going to take a whole lot of huffing and puffing to blow this thing up… also, to knock over the house of brick that the little piggy built. What is the newest “big” idea for Portal 2? This life-size turret. We have been content in the past with those tiny plush Portal turrets, but everything is this world is getting bigger, so our ideas have to grow with our size. The Life-Size Inflatable Portal 2 Sentry Turret is exactly what you’ve been waiting for.

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