What Happened to Auto World?
Auto World started as not a store but a mail order company operated out of Oscar's friend Bob "Smitty" Smiths basement. Because of their aggressiveness and knowledge (and need to make some money) they became important to real enthusiasts and manufacturers. Oscar's wife and he did the first catalogs on the kitchen table and ironing board. Their first two of four kids got to like licking the glue on the stamps! Eventually they all got to work at Auto World during school years. In 1962, Oscar met with Bob MacLeod (magazine assembler) and Larry Shaw (auto editor) and together started we Car Model Magazine (OLR Publishing, Oscar-Larry-Robert).
Though Auto World closed it's doors in 1991, many still hold fond memories of Auto World, and today it is the benchmark by which other mail order hobby stores are measured.
Oscar today is now operating AutoWorldMobilia.com as well as his KidRacer project to get kids involved in racing at an early age and teach them the fundamentals of racing, sportsmanship, and teamwork.
Kid Racers In Action
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...because anything is possible.
About Me
- Alleydude
- Kingsley, Michigan MI, United States
- My name is Ken McClellan. I am a biker, and by some I am known as the Biker Geek. I was born and raised in the Frankfort/Elberta area of Michigan. I graduated Frankfort High School in 1981, and shortly thereafter I joined the Navy. Late in my ten years of service I went to school for Graphic Design and Computer Graphics at Platt College in San Diego, CA. After receiving an honorable discharge in 1992, I came back home to the Traverse City area and began working as a graphic designer for a local company. After two years of design work, I left the industry due to better paying jobs in manufacturing. Though I was no longer working professionally in the business, I continued to work freelance.
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