SWIL LOVES CARS at LeMay Museum in Tacoma
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CARS!
CARS!
CARS!
~I had a great time volunteering!!~
If you like old collectable cars, the LeMay family museum and especially the annual OPEN-house day is spectacular. These are some of the pictures I was able to squeeze in between helping guests and BS'ing with old timers.
ENJOY!
1 of 3 made total
Arrive at the gig in style - plenty of room in back for Fender TWIN
Roll out the Royce's!
This was fun - a bunch of VERY old steam engines. This video was taken in the AM while everything was getting started for the show. That would be funny to take this through a Multnoma County vehicle emissions testing facility. My guess is that it would fail miserably.
It was fun to hear the old steam whistles going and listen to the steady old-engines make every turn sound like their last….all the while never stoping. I think it is a pretty cool piece of American history and I hope you enjoy!
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Can you read it in the window of the car?
'RAINIER NATIONAL PARK'
Back in the day - this vehicle was used to move tourists and sightseers around the park! How cool is that?
THIS is bitchin' to me!
I still collect small items and enjoy beer-related memorabilia. I did have a good collection of posters that I kept for me personal collection to redisplay some day - no idea when but that is the thinking as they sit in storage now.
ANYWAY - I have the 1992 version of this poster! When I get it out of storage some day I am going to give it to a good friend now in Seattle that graduated in 1992, is into the hydro-racing since he was a teenager, and I played football with him at Montana State.
Promises…promises…with no clear, observable, or even apparent timeline….my speciality!
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My new friend Kramer (WW2 veteran)
Inspected by Kramer
I thanked Kramer for his service. 93 years young and still volunteering at the LeMay annual car show. He said that he has been a volunteer for 20+ years!!
I enjoyed my talk with Kramer…I really did.
He told me about his Marine unit stopping for a bite to eat, in full battle outfit, carrying a heavy backpack in 129 degree sun! He said that he had put his rifle down along side him while they took a break to have a bite to eat. Something startled the unit and everyone jumped to their guard. Kramer indicated that he threw his lunch down and immediately grabbed his rifle that was laying next to him. Due to the weather he blistered both of his hands because he had grabbed the rifle so tightly and the rifle had been in direct sunlight cooking.
He also told me about how he had gotten shot in the leg, his thigh specifically. Amazing stories really, but you have to put that phone down and actually listen with your ears if your going to pull these stunts off like I do effortlessly.
Kramer was in charge of the 'big trucks' room. He was incredibly knowledgeable about everything in that room and we both really liked the black beauty Kramer is pictured inspecting above.
SWIL concert escort
You want some muscle?
WOW
The showcase vehicle for event!
They had two of these vehicles on hand. The one outside pictured on grass is maintained 'frozen in time' while the one inside was repainted green and had the gun mounted as pictured. Now that is a trip!
EXOTICA
Hipster Alert!!
Park them anywhere…
CLICK picture to see who own's this vehicle!
MAD MAX 2
NOT from movie - but could be!
Obviously this is pretty cool. Original cars from the movie MAD MAX 2. Pretty bitchin' really in person, the video does it some justice but not 100%.
Just like the movie - no CGI effects here - CHECK IT OUT!
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My volunteer spot for a while
So around 12:30 PM I was here for about 45-60 minutes. I was relieving another volunteer so that he could get some lunch (FREE lunch BTW). It was at the back of the property tucked away so foot traffic was a little less then in some areas of the property. I considered my own primate Idaho. I should have taken a picture, but the attraction here was - this was taken from a very old school-house that was actually in use at one point and somewhere in the 'Rainier' area according to local experts.
Also as can be seen in the picture is this bicycle with covered seating with a guest rider. I kept daydreaming about how I could open up an emotional bicycle taxi service that specializes in carting around drunks at local beer festivals in Portland.
~And there you have it folks - I highly, highly recommend checking out the LeMay annual car show, always around the end of August in Tacoma, WA~
Mr.S