Allen Dickerson,  award winning Model builder for 1953 &  1954 Craftsmen Guild with our Futurliner, brought his original award winning models for us to see. 

FISHER BODY CRAFTSMAN GUILD
    The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild was a design-and-build, model car competition sponsored by Fisher Body. Fisher Body was the car body and stamping division of General Motors. They sponsored this competition and the grand prize was various levels of college tuition. The competition was for young people on into college. Fisher Body laid down the guidelines, which included building a scale model car of a certain scale starting with a clay model and then advancing to a wood model. Completion of the model included trim, painting and installing the wheels.
    Allen, from nearby South Haven, Michigan called and explained he was a winner in both 1953 and 1954 with the model car he built for the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild competition. He also stated he had a photo of himself and other winners in 1953 standing in from of the Futurliner that show cased Fisher Body's Craftsman Guild. I explained to him that the Futurliner he was standing in front of in 1953 when he was 13 years old was the one we were restoring.
    Today he was reunited with that Futurliner and he also brought along his winning model cars. Of course photos had to be taken. Al has changed a little since that first photo was taken 51 years ago.
    Al will, in the future, fill us in more about the Fisher Body Craftsman Guild and this competition.