"Where Good Service Is No Accident."
ABOUT WOODLAND AUTO BODY: WOODLAND AUTO BODY WAS FOUNDED IN 1924 BY ALBERT REDMER. FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS IT OPERATED UNDER THE NAME OF WOODLAND TRUCK PAINTING COMPANY EXCLUSIVELY AS A TRUNK PAINTING COMPANY. WOODLAND WAS THE PREEMINENT OIL TRUCK PAINTING FACILITY FOR THE MAJORITY OF OIL DELIVERY TRUCKS IN THE CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASS AREAS. SOLON L. WEINER PURCHASED WOODLAND IN 1952 AND CHANGED THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS TO WOODLAND AUTO BODY. WHILE MOST OF THE BUSINESS WAS STILL DEDICATED TO TRUCK PAINTING, WOODLAND BEGAN TO REPAIR AUTOMOBILES AS WELL. WHEN THE OIL EMBARGO HIT IN 1973, WOODLAND SHIFTED IT’S FOCUS TO BECOME PREDOMINATELY AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP. BY 1985, WOODLAND WAS TOTALLY OUT OF THE PAINTING BUSINESS, AND NOW EXISTS STRICTLY AS A PREMIER BODY REPAIR FACILITY FOR ALL MAKES AND MODELS OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS. HOWARD N. WEINER JOINED THE BUSINESS IN 1977 AFTER A CAREER AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE IN NEW LONDON. HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO.
