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In 1914, Frank E. Fisher (a manager of the Studebaker plant in Walkerville) got together with F.W. Vollans to take over the bankrupt Tudhope Co. of Orillia and formed the Fisher Motor Co. of Walkerville. Immediately the company began to sell Tudhope cars under the Fisher name--the cars were either already assembled or else put together from left over parts. By 1915 the company still had not produced their own car and instead used a Tudhope 4-36 as their demonstrator, a car that had nearly 10,000 miles on it. Fisher left the company in April of that year and Vollans moved the company back to Orillia. War contract work kept the company alive through 1918 and after the war the company survived as an auto accessories supplier until 1928. Plans were made to move the operation to Walkerville but apparently this never took place. The company is listed in the Windsor city directory for 1914 but not in subsequent years. It continued operations in Orillia for some time after 1914. |
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