| More than 10,000 visitors head towards an old | | | | they are housed between two different locations |
| farmhouse in the east Tacoma community of | | | | now. As well as the LeMay house visitors can find |
| Lakewood every Saturday to see the most | | | | more classic cars at the Marymount Academy in |
| unusual car museum ever. You typically think of | | | | nearby Spanaway. Visitors can enjoy the journey |
| massive buildings containing a dozen or so cars | | | | when they are taken between the two locations |
| when someone mentions a car museum. | | | | in a classic British double decker bus. |
| However, the one in question is actually at a | | | | Unsurprisingly, Nancy doesn't take care of all the |
| normal five bedroom house in a small village. | | | | vehicles on her own. The Ford Club is one of the |
| Visitors come from as far as Japan, Italy and | | | | many organisations whose members volunteer to |
| Australia to visit the Harold E LeMay Open House | | | | help maintain and look after the cars. This includes |
| which has been run by Nancy LeMay for the last | | | | cleaning and starting them, preparing the grounds |
| 29 years. | | | | for visitors, conducting the tours of the day and |
| The unusual museum was started by Nancy and | | | | talking to visitors about things such as classic car |
| her late husband Harold LeMay after he collected | | | | insurance. |
| an astonishing collection of nearly 3,500 vehicles. | | | | The collection which has been recognised by the |
| Car fanatics can see anything from a Tucker | | | | Guinness Book of World Records as the largest |
| which is only one of 50 to have been made, to a | | | | privately owned automobile collection in the world |
| 1903 Buckmobile. The collection started when | | | | will be moving soon. It is going to go to a new |
| Harold toured America looking for special vehicles, | | | | ultra - modern facility on a nine acre site beside |
| many of which were produced in limited numbers | | | | the Tacoma Dome and Interstate 5. It will be the |
| which makes the collection even more special. He | | | | largest automobile and transportation museum in |
| was interested in everything from how the cars | | | | the world. |
| are put together to classic car insurance. People | | | | Proving how popular the museum is, it nearing the |
| from all over the world come to look at the | | | | goal of raising the 150 million dollars needed to |
| fascinating collection of classic cars in a unique | | | | break ground next year. America's Car Museum is |
| setting. People can wonder around in a relaxed | | | | scheduled for a 2008 opening and is likely to |
| environment and chat to other fans about car | | | | continue to be a success. People can carry on |
| types, parts and classic car insurance. | | | | looking at classic cars, meeting fellow fanatics and |
| Due to the large number of vehicles on display, | | | | maybe even finding classic car insurance. |