To a generation of Americans, "Body by Fisher" was an advertising slogan that became a symbol of automobile quality and a phrase so pervasive in the language that The American Thesaurus of Slang even lists it as one definition of "a well-formed young woman." All General Motors cars some 70 million of them, from Chevrolets to Cadillacs (as well as some cars no longer around, such as La Salle and Oakland) have long borne a little metal plate with the proud phrase on it. The seven stocky brothers who made their name a Detroit legend have faded from...
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