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Re: Your Shops Name. Where did it come from?
Posted to Shop Management Forum on 8/1/2003

HI Glen,

The Nelsen's was my father-in-laws last name. They misspelled his dad's last name on his birth certificate. It should be Neilsen.

When my father-in-law opened the shop in 1947 it was Nelsen's Auto Electric. Back then the name Auto Electric meant a... Login to read more.