Harold passed away about a year after this aired. Rest In Peace sir, you preserved so many amazing autos that could’ve been lost if not for you. Thank you.
@@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur As gas as I know it’s a museum of his a lot of his cars now but many were sold to build and house what’s on display now. Still a huge collection from what I remember. I’ll have to revisit that online to brush up on. I love our great car community. 👍🏽
Very nice old man,very likable person. Unbelievable collection that he and his Wife have. The money alone is unbelievable to be able to purchase all these cars.
Very sad to hear of Harolds passing. You were a wonder man to work for, you helped me many times. I think of you almost every day and will continue to do so.
I worked for him in the shop welding dumpsters. That was back in 1977/8. Nice guy, I worked afternoon-evenings. I remember he used to come in chat with everyone during our dinner break on the old bus that was our break room. 😀.
Hi Dennis, i have watched many of your videos but this has to be the best. Watching this i can understand why you would say it was one of your best days ever. Mr LeMay was truely a national treasure. Sorry to read in the comments that he had passed away. Good luck to the family keeping his vision going. Can't imagine topping this vudeo. Thanks Dennis.
Fantastic Collection. Met Mr. LeMay at his Annual Car Show a few times in front. He was an amazing man. He was very humble wearing his overalls and plaid shirt and enjoyed watching the visitors enjoy his collection of cars. Most people that came in did not even know it was him. I always Thanked him.😊
I’m so proud to live in Pierce County where Mr. LaMay has his collection. We wouldn’t have the Automobile Museum in Tacoma it wasn’t for LaMay. God Bless you and thank you for sharing it with us.
I went to the museum and was pleasantly surprised with it. The feature at the time was the James Hetfield Collection, to which I thought, who cares, who's that? Whoa, that guy has vision. And, he can play guitars, too. ;-)
Thanks for a nice reply. The Museum in Tacoma is a fine facility on it’s own because the LaMay family I don’t think are as involved as they were in the beginning but it’s they own collection in those dozens of buildings in Pierce county that is amazing, so proud.
God Bless this man Harold LeMay. He has preserved Amerian history with his passion for colleting. There needs to be a museum and I'm glad he and his family has plans to accomplish this. Something like the Barber Motorsports Museum in Alabama. Harold LeMay has left his mark on US History. Of course the LeMay family's plans for this museum must inlude culling his colletion down to the really important vehicles. Selling these surplus vehiles to other colleters and using these funds to establish the permenent Lemay museum. Good luck LeMay family, Harold LeMay was one of a kind. Thank you Harold LeMay.
Marymount should be on every car enthusiast's bucket list. As good as this episode of MCCTV is it barely scratches the surface; the property is 70+ acres and after the visitor gets saturated strolling through the inside collections there's a whole new world outside and in the back. The cliche "It boggles the mind." is operative here.
Mr. LeMay’s Collection was amazing. All the cars were beautiful. Sorry to hear he passed away. Hope his family keeps it together. Just a great collection of cars. Loved the 36 Cord. Thanks Dennis for sharing this Video!
I'm blown away with the amount of classic and collectible cars everyone of them looks like they just came off the show room floor wow I love this diverse collection Rest in car heaven Mr Lamay
Truly amazing. What a wonderful collection What a top bloke. It is truly a world class collection. I would love to see it. Worth a ticket to America on its own. Best of luck with the museum plans
Harold LeMay picked up my trash when I lived in Tacoma in the 1960's. I've been to several of his exhibits and they never cease to amaze me. The big one in downtown Tacoma only scratches the surface,
I did not grow up with the internet. It amazes me that there are an unlimited amount of things that I could watch to keep myself entertained and yet this is the third time I have watched this episode.
I visited the LeMay collection some 20+ years ago, or whatever portion of it was available, because it's not possible to take it all in one day. The car I remember most was parked at the spot shown @ 0:10 - It was a 1961 Chrysler 300 G convertible with the crossram 413 engine. First one I ever had the chance to examine up close. By the time we toured a nearby BIG indoor facility, my memory slots were overfilled by acres of beautiful cars of every kind. This reminds me I need to go there again. Thanks Dennis, and LeMay family!
I hope Detroit’s old car manufacturers buildings ,will one day be restored to house collection’s like this one. This unbelievable collection needs to be housed ,and appreciated for what the 20th century was evolving towards. I hope someone , like these people, will have that vision, for the future.
I'm sure that I would need a week of 16-hour days to properly absorb this wonderful collection! I am so sad to hear of Harold's passing. Such a wonderful and dedicated person!
What drawled me in was the title... I was honestly curious as to the extent of car collection a trash collector could acquire... Glad I read the description to see he OWNED the waste management company. Thus my dreams were shattered
This is amazing to see. He probably envisioned this day when he was a little kid. The rarity of all these vehicles. He should have invested in stocks too. Simply amazing 😊
this was a great video Dennis’s interviewing Mr LeMay was a absolute Treasure especially that he was in good Physical and MentalHealth he really was aLegend in the Car World !
The LeMay collection is amazing. Not only is the main facility gorgeous, but he had so many vehicles, they can only display, I believe, about a third of them at a time. Not a lot of reasons to go to Tacoma, but if you find yourself there, it's worth a visit. Just a word of caution..Keep an eye on your surroundings if you do go. There is security, but the area of town that it's in can be a bit "sketchy".
Look up "LeMay family car collection" it is his car collection just at his property not Tacoma LeMay Museum. In my opinion it is better than Tacoma for the true car Enthusiast. Feels more like you're at a friend's and less like you are at a Business wanting your money. Well worth the time about 20 mins south of Tacoma Museum. This way was shot at his house. He had several properties all in the area of his "Collection"
I am a car lover & this collection of what I could see of it was vast & astounding. I have never seen such a beautiful collection in my life, & may he rest in peace as his contribution to the world of cars is the great & if you take all these vehicles and line them up bumper to bumper, I wonder how many miles would it be from beginning to end. I hope that his son reaches out & grabs his father's dream to have the biggest car museum in the United States, or even the world! 🌎 🚗 ❤️
Loved seeing this video again. It's important to remember that there is two uniquely different Lemay museums in the Tacoma area. One being the Original and oddly somewhat forgotten Lemay Collections at Marymount. This collection in on 88 acres has over 500+cars and many historic artifacts collected by Lemay Family. It is open 6 days a week and you can also get a tour of the Lemay homestead with its 300+cars and Nancy's famous doll collection. The other Lemay collection is America's car museum. This is the more publicized museum next to the Tacoma dome. It Represents a few of Harold's cars and quite a few from other collections. I recommend you take the Time to see both of these museums.
What and amazing collection, I just hope it always stays together. I remember spending hours enjoying the Harrah collection back in the 60's and early 70's and it broke my heart to see what they did to it.
Dennis. This without a doubt is your finest video. God bless you sir for spending the day videoing this wonderful facility. So sorry to hear of Harold Lemay passing.
I went to high school with Eric. Glad he took the reigns and actually got the museum done. The collection and variety of cars is off the charts. It is the history of America in automobile form.
Rest in peace sir.Thank you for the collection would love to see it in person just incredible.The saying goes he who has the most toys wins he certainly did.
I've been lucky enough to visit this place a few times! It is breathtaking! Riding the London high top bus to the largest off-site portion was fun too! I remember seeing one or his Corvairs at that location! RIP Harold LeMay. The new museum in Tacoma is beautiful, but the Tower of Horsepower was not built. Also to sustain the collection, they unfortunately had to sell off hundreds of cars. I hope to get back there!
Very cool....My Dad use to build Hot Rods for his Customers. They would bring him a car to work on and my Dad would completely restore the cars to what ever his customers wanted. In the early days even my Mom would re-upholster them....she did this until she got too old to pull on the leather they way it needed to be.
That guy is me, that guy is all of us, all of us car enthusiasts, lovers, geeks, freaks you name it. I’m so glad to learn this man amassed such a collection, that’s what we all want to do. Putting these cars in a tower however, that scares me. Preservation would be my top priority, and a tower is too precarious for me. But if it exists at all, I’m happy. Hope to visit in the future
I got to visit this place a few years ago and its absolutely fascinating. their collection of pre wwII cars is mind boggling. the camera really doesnt capture how huge and stuffed full of cars this place is. I will fore sure be going back for their Model-T driving lessons!
also just realized this aired in 1999. The collection is now open to the public, as well as a their car museum in downtown Tacoma near the Tacoma Dome. it was about $15 per person when I went last time and absolutely worth it. They have a website with all of their info too.
Wow! The value of that collection must be astronomical! Looking at the cobbled together collection buildings strikes fear in my heart. I didn't notice a sprinkler head anywhere. Most of those buildings look like tinderboxes and would go up in flames in minutes taking all of those incredible cars with them. With that kind of money he should really build a safer building complex to house them.
@@bzamski17 I don't know what Mr. Lemay's net worth is but he had the 10th largest refuse business in the US that he sold for 314 million dollars. So being able to afford to insure his car collection is well within his means.
I've been trying to write something nice about this man but nothing worthy comes up. But Dennis said to him. I want to be you when I grow up. Is the nicest thing I've ever heard somebody say to another. This guy is so genuine so lovable. He truly enjoyed what he did.
Most car guys are anyl retentive azz--oles. including this smug moustache guy with this 20 minutes of comparing his own toy world of envy to this eccentric gear head hoarder. Times change fast, as they have in my 70 some years, wont be long until most people will have very little interest in this part of collector history.
I met Mr Lemay. My dad’s friend was a friend of Mr Lemay. They both lived in Idaho. He told my dad when you visit your son in Washington look him up and he’ll show you guys some nice cars. We had no idea who he was or what he had. He graciously took us around. We went into a building that had about 10 cars in it. I said wow you have a lot of cars. He laughed and said you want to see some more? Ok. We went into the next area. There was another 10 cars. I said it again you have a lot of cars. He laughed and said you want to see some more? Ok. Next area another bunch of cars. I said wow how many cars do you have? He said I don’t know about 22 or 23 hundred. I’m not sure I remember the numbers right. Our minds were blown. He was very funny and friendly. I remember it was hard to keep up with him. He walked very fast. Great guy!!
So awesome to see Harold. There must be something in the water here in the Tacoma area: - LeMay - Griots Garage - Art Morrison - Pebble Beach - level restoration shops - Dirtfish Rally School - Site of the WRC Olympus Rally, final event ever in North America The mild weather makes for long-lasting cars, and the area is full of people who love the industry and hobby.
That was one of my favorite shows that you done Mr Lemay is a really nice gentleman I have met him personally and worked on some of his cars through Murray motorcar the shop I worked for
Sat with Harold a couple times during the Seattle macleod auto auctions and attended his family day at his home. It was amazing. He told me he tried to buy 2 cars every week.
Unbelievable collection, glad that more of the public will be able to see it one day, maybe even me on the other side of the Pacific, sad to hear of the great man’s passing.
Been through the original Marymount site many times while Mr LeMay was alive; have 3 annual posters, autographed by Harold. Have also been through the beautiful LeMay Museum in downtown Tacoma. A must see. I understand his 1st purchase, a Deusenberg, he once sold, was so disappointed that he bought it back, and I also understand he never again sold a car once he bought it. RIP
I could tell Harold was a very smart, yet practical man with a truly great business sense simply by listening to his humor. High IQ yet down to earth type guys, those who have embraced life with all of it's challenges and come out true winners they are the very best examples for life that you could ever hope to know.
Seeing this fantastic collection of cars amazed me and made me think of the Volo Auto Museum in Volo IL which I have visited twice and would love to return to again
Tacoma, think endless mildew && mold, rain salty seafog and atmospheric rust, i would move the whole mess to eastern Wa or somewhere dry to preserve the cars without needing yo create a climate controlled indoor stadium.
It must have been so awesome to grow up with a grandfather and father who collected such awesome cars I can't imagine having a family that you would have been able to grow up with such history and better part of collecting them.
I've lived in Tacoma for over 26 years, and I point with pride to the LeMay Museum in Tacoma (by the Tacoma Dome) AND the old Marymount campus, where most--if not all--of this footage was shot.
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Harold passed away about a year after this aired. Rest In Peace sir, you preserved so many amazing autos that could’ve been lost if not for you. Thank you.
Hopefully this great collection is in good hands now. This man is a legend in my book. Right up there with Jay Leno!
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How did the museum turn out?
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As gas as I know it’s a museum of his a lot of his cars now but many were sold to build and house what’s on display now. Still a huge collection from what I remember. I’ll have to revisit that online to brush up on. I love our great car community. 👍🏽
Very nice old man,very likable person. Unbelievable collection that he and his Wife have. The money alone is unbelievable to be able to purchase all these cars.
Very sad to hear of Harolds passing. You were a wonder man to work for, you helped me many times. I think of you almost every day and will continue to do so.
I worked for him in the shop welding dumpsters. That was back in 1977/8. Nice guy, I worked afternoon-evenings. I remember he used to come in chat with everyone during our dinner break on the old bus that was our break room. 😀.
Almost 22 minutes that just flew by. What an amazing and beautiful collection. Thank you Dennis Gage for publishing this.
You don't really know until you've been there.
Hi Dennis, i have watched many of your videos but this has to be the best. Watching this i can understand why you would say it was one of your best days ever. Mr LeMay was truely a national treasure. Sorry to read in the comments that he had passed away. Good luck to the family keeping his vision going. Can't imagine topping this vudeo. Thanks Dennis.
Fantastic Collection. Met Mr. LeMay at his Annual Car Show a few times in front. He was an amazing man. He was very humble wearing his overalls and plaid shirt and enjoyed watching the visitors enjoy his collection of cars. Most people that came in did not even know it was him. I always Thanked him.😊
What a great and cool man that man is he and his collection are a national treasure
Wow, just freaking wow. World-class auto collection and just a regular guy. Thanks this was awesome.
I’m so proud to live in Pierce County where Mr. LaMay has his collection. We wouldn’t have the Automobile Museum in Tacoma it wasn’t for LaMay. God Bless you and thank you for sharing it with us.
I went to the museum and was pleasantly surprised with it. The feature at the time was the James Hetfield Collection, to which I thought, who cares, who's that? Whoa, that guy has vision. And, he can play guitars, too. ;-)
Thanks for a nice reply. The Museum in Tacoma is a fine facility on it’s own because the LaMay family I don’t think are as involved as they were in the beginning but it’s they own collection in those dozens of buildings in Pierce county that is amazing, so proud.
God Bless this man Harold LeMay. He has preserved Amerian history with his passion for colleting. There needs to be a museum and I'm glad he and his family has plans to accomplish this. Something like the Barber Motorsports Museum in Alabama. Harold LeMay has left his mark on US History.
Of course the LeMay family's plans for this museum must inlude culling his colletion down to the really important vehicles. Selling these surplus vehiles to other colleters and using these funds to establish the permenent Lemay museum. Good luck LeMay family, Harold LeMay was one of a kind.
Thank you Harold LeMay.
Marymount should be on every car enthusiast's bucket list. As good as this episode of MCCTV is it barely scratches the surface; the property is 70+ acres and after the visitor gets saturated strolling through the inside collections there's a whole new world outside and in the back. The cliche "It boggles the mind." is operative here.
Mr. LeMay’s Collection was amazing. All the cars were beautiful. Sorry to hear he passed away. Hope his family keeps it together. Just a great collection of cars. Loved the 36 Cord. Thanks Dennis for sharing this Video!
Absolutely fantastic. What a great guy...so happy, so humble. God Bless him. Thank you for this video...spectacular!
We toured the LeMay collection a few years ago, definitely a must see for auto enthusiasts! Amazing!
what a collection, a wonderful historical collection of classic cars, stunning.
What an amazing collection! Some stunning cars there. Just unbelievable
I'm blown away with the amount of classic and collectible cars everyone of them looks like they just came off the show room floor wow I love this diverse collection Rest in car heaven Mr Lamay
So grateful this man preserved and saved these cars for all of us to enjoy
I think he collected all those cars for HIMSELF to enjoy ( & us just to look at).😉
Truly amazing. What a wonderful collection What a top bloke. It is truly a world class collection. I would love to see it. Worth a ticket to America on its own. Best of luck with the museum plans
Harold LeMay picked up my trash when I lived in Tacoma in the 1960's. I've been to several of his exhibits and they never cease to amaze me. The big one in downtown Tacoma only scratches the surface,
What did he do to amass the many millions of dollars that bought those cars??
I did not grow up with the internet. It amazes me that there are an unlimited amount of things that I could watch to keep myself entertained and yet this is the third time I have watched this episode.
Sadly😢😢 You Tube 😔 has taken over us. Everybody,,. Billions are are tuned in.
He is.losing it.😢😢 Sad.
I am fortunate to have grown up nearly right next door to the Lemay Estate. For decades I took it for granted. It's truly something to behold.
My wife and I visited the LeMay Car Collection during the summer of 2022. Awesome collection for sure!
Watching this rather long after it first aired. What an incredible collection and what an incredible man. I wish I could spend a day here.
I visited the LeMay collection some 20+ years ago, or whatever portion of it was available, because it's not possible to take it all in one day. The car I remember most was parked at the spot shown @ 0:10 - It was a 1961 Chrysler 300 G convertible with the crossram 413 engine. First one I ever had the chance to examine up close. By the time we toured a nearby BIG indoor facility, my memory slots were overfilled by acres of beautiful cars of every kind. This reminds me I need to go there again. Thanks Dennis, and LeMay family!
Amazing and beautiful cars..... WOW a 57 Olds Convertible, stunner, R.I.P Harold, God Bless from England UK
I hope Detroit’s old car manufacturers buildings ,will one day be restored to house collection’s like this one. This unbelievable collection needs to be housed ,and appreciated for what the 20th century was evolving towards. I hope someone , like these people, will have that vision, for the future.
I'm sure that I would need a week of 16-hour days to properly absorb this wonderful collection! I am so sad to hear of Harold's passing. Such a wonderful and dedicated person!
Every guys dream! What a beautiful collection!
“It’s a doozy”
Nice episode, I remember this.
UNBELIEVABLE. That gentleman and his incredible collection are a national treasure!! Good bless you sir!
And Rest In Peace
The interview was an absolute delight. TY
🍀👍🍀😊WOW !!! What a collection, even Mr. Leno would be empressed.
He got a taste of car collecting, AND he liked it...
What drawled me in was the title... I was honestly curious as to the extent of car collection a trash collector could acquire... Glad I read the description to see he OWNED the waste management company. Thus my dreams were shattered
He was greedy 🤣
Glued to the screen, just shaking my head, this is absolutely stunning. I know you’ve heard that before but man unbelievable.
This collection is mind boggling to me.Imagine maintaining all this.❤
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This guy's living the dream! Good for him!
This is amazing to see. He probably envisioned this day when he was a little kid. The rarity of all these vehicles. He should have invested in stocks too. Simply amazing 😊
What a stunning collection of beautiful cars. Just didn't see a '41 Willys coupe. With 2470 cars all together I imagine he had one. RIP Harold.
this was a great video Dennis’s interviewing Mr LeMay was a absolute Treasure especially that he was in good Physical and MentalHealth he really was aLegend in the Car World !
Harold was a neat guy. Told me he bought two cars everyweek. The lemays summer festival at their house was amazing and now the big museum.
The LeMay collection is amazing. Not only is the main facility gorgeous, but he had so many vehicles, they can only display, I believe, about a third of them at a time.
Not a lot of reasons to go to Tacoma, but if you find yourself there, it's worth a visit.
Just a word of caution..Keep an eye on your surroundings if you do go. There is security, but the area of town that it's in can be a bit "sketchy".
We have been to concerts at The Tacoma Dome and walked down the street to a restaurant and no problem. Also stayed at the hotel next to the Dome.
Look up "LeMay family car collection" it is his car collection just at his property not Tacoma LeMay Museum. In my opinion it is better than Tacoma for the true car Enthusiast. Feels more like you're at a friend's and less like you are at a Business wanting your money. Well worth the time about 20 mins south of Tacoma Museum. This way was shot at his house. He had several properties all in the area of his "Collection"
@@trollhawk3464 so they did start the museum?
I am a car lover & this collection of what I could see of it was vast & astounding. I have never seen such a beautiful collection in my life, & may he rest in peace as his contribution to the world of cars is the great & if you take all these vehicles and line them up bumper to bumper, I wonder how many miles would it be from beginning to end. I hope that his son reaches out & grabs his father's dream to have the biggest car museum in the United States, or even the world! 🌎 🚗 ❤️
A COLLECTOR OF TRULY WONDERFUL FAST AMAZING CARS IN THE OLDEN YEARS 40S TO EARLY 70s... ITS A GLORIOUS WORK HOBBY, AND A UNIQUE KIND OF INVESTMENTS
FANTASTIC,Best I have ever seen. Great video thank's for posting.
I remember watching a documentary about him way back when. Lots of fun!
Loved seeing this video again. It's important to remember that there is two uniquely different Lemay museums in the Tacoma area. One being the Original and oddly somewhat forgotten Lemay Collections at Marymount. This collection in on 88 acres has over 500+cars and many historic artifacts collected by Lemay Family. It is open 6 days a week and you can also get a tour of the Lemay homestead with its 300+cars and Nancy's famous doll collection.
The other Lemay collection is America's car museum. This is the more publicized museum next to the Tacoma dome. It Represents a few of Harold's cars and quite a few from other collections.
I recommend you take the Time to see both of these museums.
Good video. Thank you. Nice to hear and see Harold’s continuation plan.
What and amazing collection, I just hope it always stays together. I remember spending hours enjoying the Harrah collection back in the 60's and early 70's and it broke my heart to see what they did to it.
Simply an awesome fella ! Wish I could have met him. I have only one 1939 Chevy Master 85 sedan. I can only dream of being like BIG SIR !!!
Oh my word
This is incredible
The ford model R was my favourite among this stunning monstrosity of a collection.
Dennis. This without a doubt is your finest video. God bless you sir for spending the day videoing this wonderful facility. So sorry to hear of Harold Lemay passing.
Bloody hell how cool thank you peace from Brisbane OZ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I went to high school with Eric. Glad he took the reigns and actually got the museum done. The collection and variety of cars is off the charts. It is the history of America in automobile form.
Poor as a church ⛪ mouse 🐁,,, myself, but even if you gave it to me, it takes a crew just to dust the stuff. OH MY!
Rest in peace sir.Thank you for the collection would love to see it in person just incredible.The saying goes he who has the most toys wins he certainly did.
I've been lucky enough to visit this place a few times! It is breathtaking! Riding the London high top bus to the largest off-site portion was fun too! I remember seeing one or his Corvairs at that location! RIP Harold LeMay. The new museum in Tacoma is beautiful, but the Tower of Horsepower was not built. Also to sustain the collection, they unfortunately had to sell off hundreds of cars. I hope to get back there!
I was one the lucky ones to have known harold Lemay what a great guy his wife is also a jewel !
Very cool....My Dad use to build Hot Rods for his Customers. They would bring him a car to work on and my Dad would completely restore the cars to what ever his customers wanted. In the early days even my Mom would re-upholster them....she did this until she got too old to pull on the leather they way it needed to be.
STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT ❤
That guy is me, that guy is all of us, all of us car enthusiasts, lovers, geeks, freaks you name it. I’m so glad to learn this man amassed such a collection, that’s what we all want to do.
Putting these cars in a tower however, that scares me. Preservation would be my top priority, and a tower is too precarious for me. But if it exists at all, I’m happy. Hope to visit in the future
Thanks this is AWESOME Harold likes 👍 the same cars I like THANK YOU HAROLD
That truly is an amazing collection. A beautiful dream. I hope to one day visit the museum.
What a place to visit ..so sad the guy passed .beautiful collection of automobiles and the likes ..keep well people.
I got to visit this place a few years ago and its absolutely fascinating. their collection of pre wwII cars is mind boggling. the camera really doesnt capture how huge and stuffed full of cars this place is. I will fore sure be going back for their Model-T driving lessons!
also just realized this aired in 1999. The collection is now open to the public, as well as a their car museum in downtown Tacoma near the Tacoma Dome. it was about $15 per person when I went last time and absolutely worth it. They have a website with all of their info too.
My god!!! the value of this entire collection plus all the small items for display has to be in the many millions of dollars WOW!
Jay Leno says “WHAT”!!!?
Such a good thing that there have been preservers and collectors to save the automobiles of the World.
Wow! The value of that collection must be astronomical! Looking at the cobbled together collection buildings strikes fear in my heart. I didn't notice a sprinkler head anywhere. Most of those buildings look like tinderboxes and would go up in flames in minutes taking all of those incredible cars with them. With that kind of money he should really build a safer building complex to house them.
Wow that’s a horrible thought not to mention I’m sure they can’t afford the insurance on all of them 😬
That collection is worth probably 100 million. I averaged the collection and I figure about 100 million.
@@bzamski17 I don't know what Mr. Lemay's net worth is but he had the 10th largest refuse business in the US that he sold for 314 million dollars. So being able to afford to insure his car collection is well within his means.
Amazing collection my friend
You're legend supersedes you!!!
I've been trying to write something nice about this man but nothing worthy comes up. But Dennis said to him. I want to be you when I grow up. Is the nicest thing I've ever heard somebody say to another. This guy is so genuine so lovable. He truly enjoyed what he did.
Most car guys are anyl retentive azz--oles. including this smug moustache guy with this 20 minutes of comparing his own toy world of envy to this eccentric gear head hoarder. Times change fast, as they have in my 70 some years, wont be long until most people will have very little interest in this part of collector history.
well done sir . Rest In Peace . I hope that you had fun creating this.
I met Mr Lemay. My dad’s friend was a friend of Mr Lemay. They both lived in Idaho. He told my dad when you visit your son in Washington look him up and he’ll show you guys some nice cars. We had no idea who he was or what he had. He graciously took us around. We went into a building that had about 10 cars in it. I said wow you have a lot of cars. He laughed and said you want to see some more? Ok. We went into the next area. There was another 10 cars. I said it again you have a lot of cars. He laughed and said you want to see some more? Ok. Next area another bunch of cars. I said wow how many cars do you have? He said I don’t know about 22 or 23 hundred. I’m not sure I remember the numbers right. Our minds were blown. He was very funny and friendly. I remember it was hard to keep up with him. He walked very fast. Great guy!!
So awesome to see Harold.
There must be something in the water here in the Tacoma area:
- LeMay
- Griots Garage
- Art Morrison
- Pebble Beach - level restoration shops
- Dirtfish Rally School
- Site of the WRC Olympus Rally, final event ever in North America
The mild weather makes for long-lasting cars, and the area is full of people who love the industry and hobby.
He is Awsome such a passion he has! Love this episode good Job
Wow. Just wow. I hope to make a trip to TAcoma in 2023 to see this collection.
What a wonderful man, and legacy.
Oh wow, very cool!!!!!! 👍👍🙂
That was one of my favorite shows that you done Mr Lemay is a really nice gentleman I have met him personally and worked on some of his cars through Murray motorcar the shop I worked for
Sat with Harold a couple times during the Seattle macleod auto auctions and attended his family day at his home. It was amazing. He told me he tried to buy 2 cars every week.
How did he amass his fortune?
Garbage collection.
@@MyClassicCarTV Wow. Thanks
@@MyClassicCarTV I guess "once a collector" (of garbage) "always a collector" (of cars) lol. Always enjoy your TV show for years now.
@@MyClassicCarTV Does he have the car driven by Peter Falk in the Colombo TV show?
Amazing car collection 🏆
Unbelievable collection, glad that more of the public will be able to see it one day, maybe even me on the other side of the Pacific, sad to hear of the great man’s passing.
Harold was warm and friendly to all who showed up. I can't think of a higher complement.
Been through the original Marymount site many times while Mr LeMay was alive; have 3 annual posters, autographed by Harold. Have also been through the beautiful LeMay Museum in downtown Tacoma. A must see. I understand his 1st purchase, a Deusenberg, he once sold, was so disappointed that he bought it back, and I also understand he never again sold a car once he bought it. RIP
1 mans trash is another mans Gold! He was a awesome man! RIP Harold
I think his grandson Eric has many qualities of his Grandfather Mr. LeMay
I could tell Harold was a very smart, yet practical man with a truly great business sense simply by listening to his humor. High IQ yet down to earth type guys, those who have embraced life with all of it's challenges and come out true winners they are the very best examples for life that you could ever hope to know.
Next to the television, cars have the most influence on our society....well done ...
What a cool guy. I'm surprised I haven't seen this video before. And great work as always Dennis!!!
WOW! I AM SPEECHLESS 😮
Truly a great video, collection/ museum and what a guy!
Harold was amazing!
This is Amazing. My Friend Hal and his Dad Marwan have lots of cars but this is Incredible!!!!!
Seeing this fantastic collection of cars amazed me and made me think of the Volo Auto Museum in Volo IL which I have visited twice and would love to return to again
WoW!!!!!!!! Eat your heart out Jay Leno.
That's got to be a massive chore keeping the place clean and tidy.
Tacoma, think endless mildew && mold, rain salty seafog and atmospheric rust, i would move the whole mess to eastern Wa or somewhere dry to preserve the cars without needing yo create a climate controlled indoor stadium.
It must have been so awesome to grow up with a grandfather and father who collected such awesome cars I can't imagine having a family that you would have been able to grow up with such history and better part of collecting them.
Incredible 👍
Greatest thing I’ve ever seen!
Lived in the Tacoma/Spanaway area all my life and payed my garbage bill every month, still do.
Guess I helped pay for some of those.
WOW, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
WHAT BLESSED PEOPLE THEY ARE.
An AMAZING collection by a man who followed his dream! I hope to someday visit the museum.
I've lived in Tacoma for over 26 years, and I point with pride to the LeMay Museum in Tacoma (by the Tacoma Dome) AND the old Marymount campus, where most--if not all--of this footage was shot.