Trashman's World Record Car Collection 

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.

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.

Almost 22 minutes that just flew by. What an amazing and beautiful collection. Thank you Dennis Gage for publishing this.

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.

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.

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.

We toured the LeMay collection a few years ago, definitely a must see for auto enthusiasts! Amazing!

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.

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

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.

What a great and cool man that man is he and his collection are a national treasure

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.

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!

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.

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 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

“It’s a doozy” Nice episode, I remember this.

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.😊

So grateful this man preserved and saved these cars for all of us to enjoy

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,

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 !!!

what a collection, a wonderful historical collection of classic cars, stunning.

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.

What an amazing collection! Some stunning cars there. Just unbelievable

I SAW THE HARRAHS COLLECTION,,,,ID LIKE TO SEE THIS ONE TOO !

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!

I was one the lucky ones to have known harold Lemay what a great guy his wife is also a jewel !

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!

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

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.

Glued to the screen, just shaking my head, this is absolutely stunning. I know you’ve heard that before but man unbelievable.

Harold was warm and friendly to all who showed up. I can't think of a higher complement.

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

I remember watching a documentary about him way back when. Lots of fun!

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

Jay Leno says “WHAT”!!!? Such a good thing that there have been preservers and collectors to save the automobiles of the World.

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!!

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.

This guy's living the dream! Good for him!

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.

Wow. Just wow. I hope to make a trip to TAcoma in 2023 to see this collection.

Dream cars everywhere.

1 mans trash is another mans Gold! He was a awesome man! RIP Harold

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".

Just keeping them clean would be a full time job. Fantastic cars

That's got to be a massive chore keeping the place clean and tidy.

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!

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!

WoW!!!!!!!! Eat your heart out Jay Leno.

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.

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! 🌎 🚗 ❤️

Amazing and beautiful cars..... WOW a 57 Olds Convertible, stunner, R.I.P Harold, God Bless from England UK

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.

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 !

Next to the television, cars have the most influence on our society....well done ...

UNBELIEVABLE. That gentleman and his incredible collection are a national treasure!! Good bless you sir!

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.

What a place to visit ..so sad the guy passed .beautiful collection of automobiles and the likes ..keep well people.

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.

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 !!! What a collection, even Mr. Leno would be empressed.

could you imagine inhearting that collection!!!!damn!!!

That truly is an amazing collection. A beautiful dream. I hope to one day visit the museum.

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

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!

Good video. Thank you. Nice to hear and see Harold’s continuation plan.

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.

STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT ❤

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.

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.

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

The interview was an absolute delight. TY

Oh my word This is incredible The ford model R was my favourite among this stunning monstrosity of a collection.

WOW! I AM SPEECHLESS 😮

FANTASTIC,Best I have ever seen. Great video thank's for posting.

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.

An AMAZING collection by a man who followed his dream! I hope to someday visit the museum.

This collection is mind boggling to me.Imagine maintaining all this.❤

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

What a cool guy. I'm surprised I haven't seen this video before. And great work as always Dennis!!!

Well I guess I'll be planning a vacation to Tacoma one day.... Something I never thought I'd say. LOL. Beautiful collection!

Thanks this is AWESOME Harold likes 👍 the same cars I like THANK YOU HAROLD

I had no idea this was in my backyard! I guess I'll be spending the next few weekends exploring this collection.

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.

If I could be a fly on that guys mustache 😂😂😂

WOW, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. WHAT BLESSED PEOPLE THEY ARE.

I lived 10 blocks from his place and had no idea how much was there. I knew from driving by he had some neat stuff but from the street you'd never know

Crazy literally toured the museum a few days ago and this video shows up on my youtube feed!

Amazing car collection 🏆

Truly a great video, collection/ museum and what a guy!

Dennis, thank you.. interesting accumulations & cars….Admittedly, upkeep and growth expenses seem huge…

0:52. That awesome red Charger...I've ALWAYS have wanted to own and at least drive one for decades now but have never driven one yet sadly. It's on my Bucket List. I don't think my dream will ever come true as I can't afford one of those and i don't know anyone who will let me drive one for 10 minutes. This collection is heaven for me! Hell. I wish I can go there and just look at all of the things that are there --can you imagine? I've never had much in life because my 3 brothers (2 of which have passed already) and I have Hemophilia. It's hard to get anywhere in life when you keep getting fired because you keep getting injured for days weeks and months. Now I'm on Disability. Thankfully I can still drive. Lucky lucky people to have ALL of those cars. Heaven.

This is Amazing. My Friend Hal and his Dad Marwan have lots of cars but this is Incredible!!!!!

I really like seeing all these different cars in one place. But as a car guy, it bothers me that they're just sitting there. That's the most admirable thing about Jay Leno's collection. He makes sure that they're all drivable so if he decides to drive one, all he has to do is unplug the battery tender and go. And he drives all of them. That being said, with a collection like this one. It would cost a fortune to keep them all ready to drive. And it would take twice the space to make it work so you could pull them in and out without moving 20 other cars