Larry Kosilla

Kosilla left his job on Wall Street at age 23 to pursue working with cars.^[3] He held a job as a car courier for Cooper Classics in Greenwich Village.^[1] 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 Harrison, New York and renamed it The New York Motor Club.^[2] 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 YouTube video which followed the motor club on a drive around NY.^[1]

Later, he sold New York Motor Club and transferred to mobile detailing where he built up a clientele including exotic automobile manufacturer Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus.^[2] Kosilla started AMMO NYC in 2011 retailing detailing products.^[3] Around the same time, Kosilla hosted "Drive Clean" on the /Drive YouTube Channel for 3 seasons.^[1]

In 2012, Kosilla launched a YouTube channel.^[1][2]

In 2016, Kosilla was part of a detailing team that spent 138 hours detailing a 1997 McLaren F1 GTR LT race car. The race car won the "Spirit of the Quail" award at the Quail Concours, a show part of the Monterey Car Week held annually in Monterey, California.^[4][5]

In 2020, AMMO NYC built a studio headquartered in Connecticut where Kosilla details and produces content for YouTube.^[6][7] The videos consist of barn find restorations, exotic car details, and how-to educational car content.^[8][9][10]

Kosilla lives in Connecticut with his family. In his free time he enjoys playing hockey and taking care of his cars. His first car was a 1989 Ford Mustang LX which he purchased in high school.^[2]