Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Total Guildsmen Enrolled
1930 – 1966
YEAR COUNT
1930-31 145,000
1931-32 155,000
1932-33 402,000
1933-34 4,937
1934-35 294,813
1935-36 14,995
1936-37 153,000
–Contest not held during WWII –
1945-46 73,297
1946-47 149,163
1947-48 287,928
1948-49 221,015
1949-50 238,699
1950-51 247,327
1951-52 274,202
1952-53 327,500
1953-54 328,177
1954-55 340,426
1955-56 345,367
1956-57 435,150
1957-58 434,814
1958-59 503,500
1959-60 527,000
1960-61 467,477
1961-62 536,657
1962-63 627,040
1963-64 596,340
1964-65 580,014
1965-66 586,705
1966-67 (500,000) estimated
1967-68 (500,000) estimated
Total Enrollees 10,297,540 (10 Million + enrollees)
SOURCE: Gilmore-Guild Model Retrospective 1930s to 1968
Enrollees were boys and young men (11 to 20 in age) who heard or read about the Guild, or saw a Guild awards ceremony at their school and requested an information packet. The model car packet consisted of (1) the specifications sheets (Drawings A and B.), the highly illustrated 5-1/2” X 8” how-to booklet entitled “Designing and Building a Model Automobile,” and the most recent “Guildsman” Newsletter (Official Newsletter of the FBCG).