Wow, congrats, what an amazing collection! 😍 Any chance you have any 1930 to '35 Buick, Pontiac, Packard, Cadillac, or similar, for sale (in restored or restaurable condition)? Thank you!
I've volunteered for the LeMay Family Collection since 2002. The white building at Marymount is not the half of the collection. There are another 200 or so cars at Marymount besides the white building. Also around 70 motorcycles. About two miles away there are 300 or so cars and trucks at the LeMay home site, which is not open to the public. In the surrounding community at various locations there are another 1000 or so cars and trucks in storage. Plus, right on I-5 in Tacoma is LeMay - America's Car Museum, which opened in 2012, with another 250 cars and motorcycles, many of which were donated or loaned to the museum by the family. Mr. LeMay left a treasure for the community which the family continues to share through their commitment to the collection.
@@JL-bs6yz When Harold LeMay passed away in the year 2000, he had over 3500 cars as documented by the Guinness World Records. Many of those were "parts cars." After several auctions and thinning the herd, the family's collection is now around 2200 vehicles. Plus, whatever is in the separate collection at LeMay - America's Car Museum (not part of the family's collection), I'd say 200+ cars there.
This is an impressive collection but IMO it's not as good as the Harrah Collection in Reno NV was. I had a chance to tour this multi-building collection in the 1970's. The biggest difference is that your collection is just a Graveyard for old vehicles. No effort seems to have been made to restore any of them. On the other hand, Harrah employed a full time restoration staff that even included a machine shop that fabricated parts. Harrah's inventory numbered perhaps 1000 cars but each was restored to mint condition and was fully driveable. His inventory even included brand new cars that were going straight into storage never to be driven for decades. This is the type of thing that you can do when you own a NV casino, but the collection was apparently broken up after Harrah died while your collection still remains intact. I would suggest that an effort be made to restore a small representative selection from your whole inventory. Cheap skilled labor could be gotten from local vocational and trade schools, and such restorations might even become part of their curriculum. Every vehicle in your collection is a diamond in the rough. You should spend some time putting a sparkle into a few of them.
WOW!! What a collection. Many rare finds in that building. An absolute fortune in that building. Thank you Mr. LeMay for saving and restoring history for posterity.
What a gift to us all that Mr. LeMay had the passion and foresight to collect all of these treasures for one and that his family chooses to keep the collection intact and open for us all to see . Simply amazing .....
O.M.G.!! This is the most diverse, eclectic collections I have ever seen...no favortism to any year, make, or model. And the old machinery in front of them is something you never see...stuff that worked well in its day, and then was discarded....like the vehicles. Wonderful that this gentleman had the money to save it all, and preserve it for future generations. Thank You for posting this, and wearing out a pair of shoes doing it! 😁
Old Trucks are my Favorite to see. Theres plenty of cars out there , but these truly are the Machines that built America From Dump to Tow to Delivery to Shipping Long Haul to Local Deluveries of every Kind Trucks are much Rarer than cars because NOBODY WENT OUT BOUGHT A MACK TRUCK & PUT IT IN STORAGE EVERY TRUCK WENT RIGHT TO WORK , MAKING THEM RARE And when Restored are a Beautiful Sight Unique in every way AND EVERY CHILDS DREAM THE FIRE TRUCK
I "discovered" Marymount after learning Lemay's Tucker 48 was not on display at the Tacoma Museum. Two years later on another visit to Seattle after having done my internet research and calling ahead to the nice folks at Marymount I visited with a friend and was blown away by what is there. The Tucker was on the floor but the size and scope of the grounds and facility (and of course the vehicles) were absolutely astounding. Behind the buildings is a maze of dirt roads where school bus after school bus are parked, each one stuffed with car parts. "Old school buses are ideal for storing parts", said a docent. The biggest revelation was that almost no car restoration is done here or at the museum; the cars are acquired as-is and we saw a number of wrecks in storage (a '75 Cougar comes to mind) under crumbling sheds. Marymount is truly a car-nut's idea of heaven and bless Mr. Lemay for his collecting passions!
This museum is the best museum I've ever seen! I'm speechless!. It's a work of genius, the interesting colours some of cars have been painted! And how also, these colours contrast with each other! I love how there's even a room, just full of JACKS , also painted in bright interesting colours!
At 82 I sure want to visit that collection and regrind memories of many of those vehicles passing down the street when I was a kid. Not a lot of Kaiser Darins around and he has 2. Wow Thanks for the video tour.
What an amazing collection and what I really love is seeing many of them as is, not restored to look like new, because that really takes you back in time
Overload!!! This is like a Hot Wheels / Matchbox collection come to life. So many beautiful vehicles. I could bring a sleeping bag and spend days there.
By no means is this a Barn Find, BUT it is a life long collection of automobile history. The dream only the purest car nut can have and a very lucky hard working affluent car nut can amass.
What a wonderful collection of motor vehicles. A mixture of the great and the ordinary. Mr La May has left a fantastic legacy for car enthusiasts and those interested in social history. What a remarkable gentleman, we are in his debt. Thank you for taking the time to create this post. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I was able to go thru this building about 4 years ago. It is totally overwhelming buy the quantity and quality of the vehicles. It was great to see the orang and white 1956 Mercury as that is the car we had when I was growing up. I highly recommend this museum hope every gets a chance to visit.
I started off wishing i could of been able to see the information straight on for each vehicle but then realized this would be an all day watch pausing for each one. I agree this it would be overwhelming. Awesome
So neat to have collectors like this person...these trucks are seemingly the last vehicles to survive their rough lives! This country owes its development to the truck! That collection looks like my mini vehicles on my shelves!
it does my heart good to see these old bones preserved, lest they may be melted down to build the new junk on the road. i currently have 9 vehicles from 1934 to 1952 & it's quite an effort to keep them all roadworthy. kudos to the other folks involved in this effort.
I agree that it is great that these cars are being preserved, but I cannot help but be a little disappointed that these cars are not out on the road being enjoyed.
@@gregodify in fair weather, i drive mine around the village & to the neighboring towns. they were never meant o be driven on interstate highways. the reaction of passengers who have never rode in a old car is amusing.
The Monson-Sultana school bus around 8 mins was a trip to see. I grew up close to there, and would always drive with my grandpa through Monson, Sultana, Dinuba, Cutler, and Orosi..... cool!
What I love about these vehicles is that they're all original, NOT restored, so they more accurately depict their working lives. They're only ORIGINAL once.
All those vehicles are awesome, a piece of history and American ingenuity. You don't need a chip for any of them to run. Good old days when tech didn't get in the way.
I wish you could see this kinda stuff on the roads again... this times of enjoying the ride and just taking it slow is gone . What a beautiful classic collection
They have a great staff of dedicated volunteers. And that building is not air conditioned, but we do have some huge fans at both ends that help with condensation issues
@@nightlightabcd I remember that you had to be escorted and to witness this, an appointment was necessary. Dust is everywhere. The volunteers and staff should be recognized for keeping everything pristine.
I grew up in Tacoma, and visited LeMay's place in the 1970s. Can't recall how I got this privilege, but it was such a wild trip! He had everything, from WWII military vehicles to 1960s Mustang muscle cars to an old hot rod shaped like a woman's high-heel shoe! I can still remember details of the tour. Last year, I went back to the LeMay Museum in Tacoma...so glad there's a foundation and a museum to display cars from this amazing collection.
Dude that is a beautiful collection. That last GMC Tow truck was georgouse! My grandfather would of loved it. He drove a 70 Chevy sling wreaker till his last day at 89 yrs.
Great video! Sorry l was unavailable that day, we always have a great time Jim. It was nice to see you met Doug again, what a great guy. Thanks for showing the online world a taste of an amazing collection run by a wonderful family and dedicated volunteers.
Remarkable! I wish that I had kept every vehicle that I have owned. The collection wouldn't be THIS massive, but it would have been a couple of hundred. When I was 16, I had an old Austin Healy with turn signals that flipped out of the sides of the doors, and a 1958 thunderbird that would outrun ANYTHING. And THEN I got interested in cars! When Janis Joplin sang "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz"...I went out and got one!
Great video ! I read that Bill Harrah paid spotters to find cars. At one point, he had about 2000 cars. I'm not sure how that squares with the Lemay collection
I visited Harrah's museum in Nevada in 1981, when I was 15. He did have 2000 cars at one point. It's too bad they closed down and sold off all the cars.
Absolutely beautiful collection don't understand the barn fine those vehicles are in excellent and clean condition. No dust whatsoever and then again perfect vehicles not buggered up love it.
I saw this and was absolutely mesmerized. Once again, I had to see it but with my wife, the second time. She was absorbed by the mid 30' to mid 40's vehicles. We loved the videos. Mr. Harold LeMay was special!!!! We're from the East coast but would surely visit the museum and white building when we go West. It's a bucket list dream.
I also agree. The LeMay family placed this under a tax free status by claiming it as a museum. The cost of restoration and housing these works of art should be considered too.
one of the best collections of my life. unbelievable I salute you, and I accept you have world record classic car collection. Good Work love you dear.🤩
Greatest Barn Find Collection Known To Man | World-record classic car collection.
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Wow, congrats, what an amazing collection! 😍 Any chance you have any 1930 to '35 Buick, Pontiac, Packard, Cadillac, or similar, for sale (in restored or restaurable condition)? Thank you!
I've volunteered for the LeMay Family Collection since 2002. The white building at Marymount is not the half of the collection. There are another 200 or so cars at Marymount besides the white building. Also around 70 motorcycles. About two miles away there are 300 or so cars and trucks at the LeMay home site, which is not open to the public. In the surrounding community at various locations there are another 1000 or so cars and trucks in storage. Plus, right on I-5 in Tacoma is LeMay - America's Car Museum, which opened in 2012, with another 250 cars and motorcycles, many of which were donated or loaned to the museum by the family. Mr. LeMay left a treasure for the community which the family continues to share through their commitment to the collection.
That is insane how much money that would take to buy and restore all that.But well done for doing that so people can appreciate
What’s the total number???
@@JL-bs6yz When Harold LeMay passed away in the year 2000, he had over 3500 cars as documented by the Guinness World Records. Many of those were "parts cars." After several auctions and thinning the herd, the family's collection is now around 2200 vehicles. Plus, whatever is in the separate collection at LeMay - America's Car Museum (not part of the family's collection), I'd say 200+ cars there.
This is an impressive collection but IMO it's not as good as the Harrah Collection in Reno NV was. I had a chance to tour this multi-building collection in the 1970's. The biggest difference is that your collection is just a Graveyard for old vehicles. No effort seems to have been made to restore any of them. On the other hand, Harrah employed a full time restoration staff that even included a machine shop that fabricated parts. Harrah's inventory numbered perhaps 1000 cars but each was restored to mint condition and was fully driveable. His inventory even included brand new cars that were going straight into storage never to be driven for decades. This is the type of thing that you can do when you own a NV casino, but the collection was apparently broken up after Harrah died while your collection still remains intact.
I would suggest that an effort be made to restore a small representative selection from your whole inventory. Cheap skilled labor could be gotten from local vocational and trade schools, and such restorations might even become part of their curriculum. Every vehicle in your collection is a diamond in the rough. You should spend some time putting a sparkle into a few of them.
all I can say,,,,,FAAARRR OUT..UNREAL COLLECTION.. PRICELESS..
WOW!! What a collection. Many rare finds in that building. An absolute fortune in that building. Thank you Mr. LeMay for saving and restoring history for posterity.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a gift to us all that Mr. LeMay had the passion and foresight to collect all of these treasures for one and that his family chooses to keep the collection intact and open for us all to see . Simply amazing .....
he had the foresight to be a garbage man
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O.M.G.!! This is the most diverse, eclectic collections I have ever seen...no favortism to any year, make, or model.
And the old machinery in front of them is something you never see...stuff that worked well in its day, and then was discarded....like the vehicles. Wonderful that this gentleman had the money to save it all, and preserve it for future generations.
Thank You for posting this, and wearing out a pair of shoes doing it! 😁
Wow, thanks!
Old Trucks are my Favorite to see. Theres plenty of cars out there , but these truly are the Machines that built America From Dump to Tow to Delivery to Shipping Long Haul to Local Deluveries of every Kind
Trucks are much Rarer than cars because NOBODY WENT OUT BOUGHT A MACK TRUCK & PUT IT IN STORAGE
EVERY TRUCK WENT RIGHT TO WORK , MAKING THEM RARE
And when Restored are a Beautiful Sight
Unique in every way
AND EVERY CHILDS DREAM THE
FIRE TRUCK
I "discovered" Marymount after learning Lemay's Tucker 48 was not on display at the Tacoma Museum. Two years later on another visit to Seattle after having done my internet research and calling ahead to the nice folks at Marymount I visited with a friend and was blown away by what is there. The Tucker was on the floor but the size and scope of the grounds and facility (and of course the vehicles) were absolutely astounding. Behind the buildings is a maze of dirt roads where school bus after school bus are parked, each one stuffed with car parts. "Old school buses are ideal for storing parts", said a docent. The biggest revelation was that almost no car restoration is done here or at the museum; the cars are acquired as-is and we saw a number of wrecks in storage (a '75 Cougar comes to mind) under crumbling sheds. Marymount is truly a car-nut's idea of heaven and bless Mr. Lemay for his collecting passions!
No wonder you were overwhelmed ,pretty varied collection ,cheered from the UK.
This museum is the best museum I've ever seen! I'm speechless!. It's a work of genius, the interesting colours some of cars have been painted! And how also, these colours contrast with each other! I love how there's even a room, just full of JACKS , also painted in bright interesting colours!
At 82 I sure want to visit that collection and regrind memories of many of those vehicles passing down the street when I was a kid. Not a lot of Kaiser Darins around and he has 2. Wow Thanks for the video tour.
What an amazing collection and what I really love is seeing many of them as is, not restored to look like new, because that really takes you back in time
Hardly a Barn find.
Overload!!! This is like a Hot Wheels / Matchbox collection come to life. So many beautiful vehicles. I could bring a sleeping bag and spend days there.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This collection is unreal. How many units are there. I can't believe the quality.
I heard over 3,000
By no means is this a Barn Find, BUT it is a life long collection of automobile history. The dream only the purest car nut can have and a very lucky hard working affluent car nut can amass.
Agreed. A wonderful collection, but this is not what would fall under the description of a "barn find". This is a well organized collection.
Just stunned by this collection ! And still I´am !
Got sick of hearing barn find 20 years ago, some come from sheds and garages, too.
What a amazing collection !! Never seen anything like it
Thanks for sharing here in 🇬🇧
Thanks for watching!
Thanks, great video!! I wish I could sometimes see this with my own eyes
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a wonderful collection of motor vehicles. A mixture of the great and the ordinary. Mr La May has left a fantastic legacy for car enthusiasts and those interested in social history. What a remarkable gentleman, we are in his debt.
Thank you for taking the time to create this post. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I was able to go thru this building about 4 years ago. It is totally overwhelming buy the quantity and quality of the vehicles. It was great to see the orang and white 1956 Mercury as that is the car we had when I was growing up. I highly recommend this museum hope every gets a chance to visit.
Where is this place???
I started off wishing i could of been able to see the information straight on for each vehicle but then realized this would be an all day watch pausing for each one. I agree this it would be overwhelming. Awesome
Very nice video, thanks for showing the collection!
So neat to have collectors like this person...these trucks are seemingly the last vehicles to survive their rough lives! This country owes its development to the truck! That collection looks like my mini vehicles on my shelves!
Absolutely incredible!! I would have never dreamed such a place even existed. I could spend days maybe weeks roaming that building.
Great collection of vehicles
Thank you 👍
Wow! Absolutely an incredible collection!
Thank you kindly!
Nice collection in envy. Nice to see Mr. LeMay paid homage to the bus too!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing, love those old trucks 👍
Glad you like them!
it does my heart good to see these old bones preserved, lest they may be melted down to build the new junk on the road. i currently have 9 vehicles from 1934 to 1952 & it's quite an effort to keep them all roadworthy. kudos to the other folks involved in this effort.
I agree that it is great that these cars are being preserved, but I cannot help but be a little disappointed that these cars are not out on the road being enjoyed.
@@gregodify in fair weather, i drive mine around the village & to the neighboring towns. they were never meant o be driven on interstate highways. the reaction of passengers who have never rode in a old car is amusing.
The Monson-Sultana school bus around 8 mins was a trip to see. I grew up close to there, and would always drive with my grandpa through Monson, Sultana, Dinuba, Cutler, and Orosi..... cool!
Now weve seen it . Like we people around the world would ever know about this .
unreal collection - thankyou for sharing your time .
I could spend a week here just looking, such beautiful old motors with tons of history. Thanks.
You and me both!
What I love about these vehicles is that they're all original, NOT restored, so they more accurately depict their working lives. They're only ORIGINAL once.
You need to watch the video again. Many cars have boards showing the restoration process.
Wow, what an amazing collection!
Thanks!
The building and racking system alone are mind blowing
All those vehicles are awesome, a piece of history and American ingenuity. You don't need a chip for any of them to run. Good old days when tech didn't get in the way.
Wish there one for American aircraft
@@billtev9846 Hi Bill, Visit the Air Force Museum in Dayton , Ohio. Like you ,I enjoy aircraft, especially WW2.
I wish you could see this kinda stuff on the roads again... this times of enjoying the ride and just taking it slow is gone . What a beautiful classic collection
Couldn't agree more!
This great collection is beyond imagination. An arsenal of American car industry beyond belief and competition. Thanks for this wonderful post!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was impressed with the quality of that Deusenberg tribute car. Did not know about that particular model.
Wow what a great collection fanstactic one of the best I ever seen
I could spend weeks in this place. Talk about overload. Wow !
That’s quite a barn and it looks like someone “found” them a long time ago
Wow, an incredible collection! Thanks for sharing
Thank you too!
Good Evening from Dunedin, New Zealand. Thank you very much for sharing
This is simply awesome and thanks so much for sharing the great video
That is an incredible collection! How do they keep them clean and shiny? the air conditioner must cost a fortune.
Good question!
They have a great staff of dedicated volunteers. And that building is not air conditioned, but we do have some huge fans at both ends that help with condensation issues
@@michaelconrad9176 - Doesn't the fans also bring in dust?
@@nightlightabcd I remember that you had to be escorted and to witness this, an appointment was necessary. Dust is everywhere. The volunteers and staff should be recognized for keeping everything pristine.
I am overwhelmed like you are. Thank you for posting.
You are so welcome!
I grew up in Tacoma, and visited LeMay's place in the 1970s. Can't recall how I got this privilege, but it was such a wild trip! He had everything, from WWII military vehicles to 1960s Mustang muscle cars to an old hot rod shaped like a woman's high-heel shoe! I can still remember details of the tour. Last year, I went back to the LeMay Museum in Tacoma...so glad there's a foundation and a museum to display cars from this amazing collection.
Wow this is just incredible thank friend for sharing this
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing place, so many rarities and cool cars, very good.
Wow such a huge collection of 1900's vehicles.
That's a lot of tires to keep pumped up. Humbling to see such preserved history. Keep safe and strong.
I'm not a truck guy but... I would LOVE to see this collection in person! Thanks for posting!
Thanks for watching!
Dude that is a beautiful collection. That last GMC Tow truck was georgouse! My grandfather would of loved it. He drove a 70 Chevy sling wreaker till his last day at 89 yrs.
Very cool!
Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice to see all the old vehicles.
Glad you enjoyed it.
And a solitary Volvo P1800 :)
Thank you. Impressive collection. Tow trucks are often ignored.
A gleams of the pass that you can touch. Old cars like this are truly a time machines.
Thanks for sharing this amazing place with us. I agree the greatest collection ever!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! Sorry l was unavailable that day, we always have a great time Jim. It was nice to see you met Doug again, what a great guy. Thanks for showing the online world a taste of an amazing collection run by a wonderful family and dedicated volunteers.
Thanks, you too!
Dizzying experience...thank you for a wonderous tour!
Our pleasure!
Wow!!!! I have never imagined that there would be this many of these in the world, much less in a building like that.
I love seeing all the small stuff too. I saw an old BEAR Diagnostic computer from probably 80-82’ maybe.
man what a collection jay-leno eat your heart out.
Excelente!! Muy buena colección!! Felicitaciones
Holy crap... What a collection... 😮😮😮
This collection looks alot better than any car show I've been 2. 👍 thanks 4 the video and GOD BLESS.
Thanks for watching!
WOW!! Thank you for sharing
Thank you!
What a simply fantastic collection - a favourite in every frame. Thanks so much. From the UK.
Many thanks!
This is a fabulous collection! Thank you for the video!
Thanks for watching!
That collection is fantastic and incredible.
What a great collection !!!,Always wondered about the stories these vehicles could tell during their lifetime.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you very much!
Remarkable! I wish that I had kept every vehicle that I have owned. The collection wouldn't be THIS massive, but it would have been a couple of hundred. When I was 16, I had an old Austin Healy with turn signals that flipped out of the sides of the doors, and a 1958 thunderbird that would outrun ANYTHING. And THEN I got interested in cars! When Janis Joplin sang "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz"...I went out and got one!
Un gigantesco Pedazo de Historia" Sobré Ruedas.Saludos desdé "Chile" Gracias...
wow what a job keeping an eye on those cars, lots of $$$$ sitting in that building
This collection is so much better than Dezer's in Miami. Oh my, the depth and breadth of this, it leaves me breathless. And apparently you, too.
Great video ! I read that Bill Harrah paid spotters to find cars. At one point, he had about 2000 cars. I'm not sure how that squares with the Lemay collection
Thanks for the info.
Herold actually purchased vehicles from that collection
I visited Harrah's museum in Nevada in 1981, when I was 15. He did have 2000 cars at one point. It's too bad they closed down and sold off all the cars.
So many beauties in there. Should I ever be in the area at the right time I'll come by and pay my respects
Nothing less than beautiful collection
Thanks for the great tour.
Our pleasure!
I LOVEIT. I would be here salivating for days if I had the opportunity.
It's a very nice collection. Thanks for uploading the video.
So nice of you.
Wow what a collecton he had to be a very wealth man , this collection is worth millions. Incredable.
Has a french viewer i ' ve enjoyed the CITROEN models , SM CX 2cv . Really amazing btw.
This collection is amazing!
Unbelievable glad I got to see all of your treasures
If a guy had any of these in his garage, it would be his pride and joy! There are so many here, that it takes away from the individual car.
Wow amazing collection.
Absolutely beautiful collection don't understand the barn fine those vehicles are in excellent and clean condition. No dust whatsoever and then again perfect vehicles not buggered up love it.
Thank!
THE BEST COLLECTION CONGRATULATIONS VERY NICE
Thank you very much
Wow! It took me almost an hour to watch this because I had to keep wiping drool off my phone screen...lol
That is the most incredible collection in the world and they are beautiful vehicles many i have never heard of before Thank you Sir D.
I would love to visit this amazing collection
I loved my visit there a few years ago.
I saw this and was absolutely mesmerized. Once again, I had to see it but with my wife, the second time. She was absorbed by the mid 30' to mid 40's vehicles. We loved the videos. Mr. Harold LeMay was special!!!! We're from the East coast but would surely visit the museum and white building when we go West. It's a bucket list dream.
Incredible colection!!!!!
Dit is de pure waanzin....wat een prachtige verzameling....
This place should placed on a National Registry so that it's protected forever.
-Yes,for sure. It really does need to be protected for everyone to see.
Totally agree with you
I also agree. The LeMay family placed this under a tax free status by claiming it as a museum. The cost of restoration and housing these works of art should be considered too.
I'm from the UK and I'm amazed, I can only imagine what Americans must think, and then you have the racks👍
Nunca imaginei que houvessem tantas joias raras tão bem bem conservadas, em um só lugar. Parabéns àqueles que possibilitam isso.
I would be so awe struck I wouldn't be able to speak, so amazing
Amazing,, ty for the upload !
Our pleasure!
one of the best collections of my life. unbelievable I salute you, and I accept you have world record classic car collection. Good Work love you dear.🤩