Willie Monroe - Shop Foreman

Willie Monroe is a veteran of the automotive repair industry who has been working in and around motor vehicles since his youth.  In 1972, his senior year at WT Woodson High School in Fairfax Virginia, Willie drove a school bus in the mornings before class and worked at F&J Fleet Services in the evenings.  After graduating from high school he worked for Henry’s Wrecker Service from 1973 until 1975.  In 1976 his father-in-law started Quality Auto Body and Willie began working there as a repair technician and remained with the shop until shortly after the business was sold in 2007.  During that 31 year period Willie worked in literally every aspect of shop operations and vehicle repair for Quality Auto Body.  For most of those years he functioned as the Shop Foreman and was the primary “big hit” repair expert for the shop. 

During his career, Willie has continually been on the forefront of vehicle repair technologies and training.  He was one of the original I-CAR training program students.  When it was administered by the Washington Metro Auto Body Association Willie twice completed the entire I-CAR program of study and certification.  Other formal training programs that he has successfully completed are the Guychart Frame and Suspension School in Canada, the Whitney Wonder Rack School in Gaithersburg Maryland and the Hunter Front End School in Jessup Maryland.  Willie has additional specialized training and expertise in many areas of vehicle repair including aluminum chassis, hybrid and electric cars, heavy frame suspensions, air bags, and front end and suspension drivability. 

Willie also has extensive experience working on high-performance automobiles.  From 1995 through 2000 he worked for Redman Motorsports on the Goody’s Dash Series of Nascar.  During that time Willie was responsible for chassis setup and body preparation prior to races and on race day was the front tire changer.  In 1998 their team was a top contender, maintaining the 3^rd points spot for most of the season before finishing the year with a very respectable 5^th place total.  For the past 20 years he has also helped prepare cars in many racing series at the Old Dominion Speedway in Virginia

Willie is a lifelong resident of Fairfax Virginia and an active member of the community.  He has been married for over 33 years to his wife Jeannie and they raised two children who are now young adults.  His son also works in the automotive repair industry and has been learning about cars since the time that he was old enough to walk.  His daughter is a recent college graduate and has been pursuing a master’s degree until taking some time off from her graduate studies to get married this past July.  For 11 years Willie ran the Fairfax Police League coed softball program for Junior and Intermediate age groups.  He scheduled games, maintained three fields, and also coached teams of his own.  During that time Willie’s teams won approximately 120 games compared to 20 losses and at one point went undefeated for 5 years.  In addition to softball, he has also coached youth wrestling.

Willie joined Cedar Park Auto Body as the Shop Foreman in September 2008.