Description: This website features John L. Jacobus' book 'The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild - An Illustrated History', published by McFarland Publishing. FBCG was a national auto design competition for teenagers sponsored by the Fisher Body Division of General Motors from 1930 to 1968.
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The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild was a national auto design competition sponsored by the Fisher Body Division of General Motors. This competition was for teenagers to compete for college scholarships by designing and building scale model "dream" cars. Held from the 1930s through the 1960s, it helped identify and nurture a whole generation of designers and design executives. This richly illustrated book presents the history of the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, from its inception as a philanthropic project