Will O’Neil formed the National Woodie Club in 1974, and for the first eleven years was the heart and soul of the club. He had the vision and the determination to form a car club dedicated to the wood bodied vehicles. It is very appropriate that we honor Will’s memory as the club celebrates its 50th year.
He was the right man at the right time to begin this wonderful club.
Will O’Neil was born in the state of Maine in 1922 into a desperately poor family; so poor in fact that Will and his siblings spent much of their childhood years in foster homes, or with members of their extended family.
During his high school years, Will drove a truck for an ice company which also delivered laundry occasionally. When delivering the laundry, Will got to drive a Plymouth Woodie that he dearly loved. Always fond of wooden furniture, Will relished being surrounded by wood and the smell of the interior of that Plymouth. We can only speculate, but it was perhaps during these infrequent trips that the seeds of the NWC were planted.
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