Lawrence Paul Kosilla III (born October 2, 1981) is an American businessman and

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best known for his car care company AMMO and his YouTube Channel AMMONYC. Kosilla was featured on the /Drive

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for three seasons.

Early life

Kosilla was born October 2, 1981, in

White Plains, New York White Plains is a city in and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, and a commercial hub of Westchester County, a densely populated suburban county that is home to about one milli ...

and raised by his parents in the city of

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. He received a hockey scholarship to attend

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and later received a degree in economics from the

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. Kosilla initially pursued a career as a trader of natural gas commodities on the

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which he left after a year.

Career

Kosilla left his job on

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at age 23 to pursue working with cars. He held a job as a car courier for Cooper Classics in

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. The job involved delivering cars to movie sets and photo shoots while Kosilla ensured their safety. After one year, Kosilla purchased a car wash in

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and renamed it The New York Motor Club. He and his business partner started a driving club of the same name based out of the car wash. Kosilla would rent a helicopter to film his first

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video which followed the motor club on a drive around NY. Later, he sold New York Motor Club and transferred to mobile detailing where he built up a clientele including exotic automobile manufacturer

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. Kosilla started AMMO NYC in 2011 retailing detailing products. Around the same time, Kosilla hosted "Drive Clean" on the /Drive

for 3 seasons. In 2012, Kosilla launched a YouTube channel. In 2016, Kosilla was part of a detailing team that spent 138 hours detailing a 1997

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LT race car. The race car won the "Spirit of the Quail" award at the Quail Concours, a show part of the

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held annually in

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. In 2020, AMMO NYC built a studio headquartered in

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where Kosilla details and produces content for

. The videos consist of barn find restorations, exotic car details, and how-to educational car content.

Personal life

Kosilla lives in

with his family. In his free time he enjoys playing hockey and taking care of his cars. His first car was a 1989

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LX which he purchased in high school.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosilla, Larry 1981 births Living people YouTubers from New York (state) People from White Plains, New York People from Rye, New York