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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Public Affairs show, your favorite iHeartRadio station.
I'm your local host, Lee Callahan. There's a great event
coming up August thirty, first, next Saturday, down at LeMay,
mary Mount. It's the Lucky Collector Car Auction. Here to
tell us all about it from Lucky Collector Car Auctions
is Evan McMullen.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hey, Evan, Hi, Lee, thanks for being on.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
The show today. It's a very exciting looking auction you've
got coming up one day only this year. Tell us
where the Fall Classic twenty twenty four is going to
take place.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah, it's a beautiful location. It's a former Dominican Nuns
Military voice boarding school called Mary Mount and it's just
near the Joint Basis off of Pacific and one hundred
and fifty seconds in Tacoma.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
So not only do we get to try to buy
a car on auction, but there's also going to be
so many shows, I mean so many cars being exhibited
as part of the collection. Correct.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yeah, you not only get the benefit of the collection,
it's also an open house that day where people come
into the car show. It's the forty six annual car
show on location and they open up the private collection
at the house just a few blocks away. So it's
a once a year opportunity for the public to go
(01:25):
see not only the le Maay Merriymount exhibition of five
to six hundred cars, but also the private collection at
the le Maaye family estate just a couple of miles
next door.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So how many cars are up for auction this year?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
It's not too many. There's only I say, one hundred
and fifty that'll be there, but many of them are
going at no reserve, so that means no matter what
the price is, people will be able to go home
with a little treasure.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Let's talk about a couple of the treasures. You've got
a muscle car there.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
It's a nineteen sixty three Ford Oh, but it's all
about things. It's a bigger version. It's the Galaxy, and
it's a very rare Galaxy. It's a Galaxy five hundred convertible,
which is you know, pretty distinctive to begin with. But
on top of that, it's a three ninety, which is
the big, big motor, and then it's actually got a
(02:22):
manual transmission, which is just rare than hend seas and
just a very original, wonderful driving car. It comes from
Eastern Washington. Very solid, presentable car. It's not perfect, but
just a really great thing to enjoy. It's numbers matching.
You can enjoy the car as it is, or you
could take it another step further and fully restored while
(02:42):
you enjoy it. Yes, but it runs, Oh it runs great.
It'll run over the block and it'll run the way
you take it to. That's so great.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
So that's a nineteen sixty three Ford Galaxy.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
What a beauty.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Now let's go over to what you could probably pick
up for. There's tea inexpensively like you were talking about,
because there's no reserve. The Volkswagen convertible bugs.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
There's a fifty seven convertible which is super desirable. There's
a sixty three little Herbie Lovebug that's had a bunch
of service done to it. It's just a sweet pea.
And then there's another early one as well, which is
called an Oval. It's got an oval window in the back.
Those are just heavily coveted. We've got carbon gias, We've
got all kinds of little German imports. There's a bunch
(03:29):
of Italian cars like Lamborghini's and Alfa Romeos and Maseratis,
there's Rolls Royces, there's Triumphs, there's Jaguars, and as you
point out, someone coming from collections where the principles have
unfortunately passed away and so they're selling them as is
at no reserve. Pretty exciting because there's some real opportunities there, no.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Kidding, you know. I'm looking online. I see that there
is a Bentley convertible two thousand and eight. I'm sorry,
I don't know much about Bentley's and except that their
luxury cars. I didn't know they were still making them
as late as two thousand and eight.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, you know, BMW acquired them and they've got extremely
dependable motors in them. And this one a one owner
car from new and it's absolutely beautiful and it's just
a head trigger and also extremely dependable. It costs over
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and it'll probably be
selling for twenty percent of that. You'll go for a
(04:30):
much much smaller number. And what a presence and what
a fun, thrilling car to drive.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Absolutely. Evan McMullen is on the phone with me. He's
from Lucky Collector Car Auctions putting on the Fall Classic
twenty twenty four auto show and auction. Did I get
that right?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah. It's at the Lea May Marymount Events Center, and
it's the LeMay Open House and the Lucky Collector Car
Option in conjunction together forty six years they have an
out of this star show. It's a pretty big deal
for Washington and we will have people bidding electronically from
all over the country, all over the world. We've sold
(05:10):
in thirty one countries so far the last sale. Many
cars going to Russia and to Poland in all kinds
of places, and so it should be a lot of
fun to see the electronic bidding coming in, the different
currencies and people in the house having a great time.
We've got food trucks, you've got a bar. It's very comfortable.
There's a kid. If we get our Northwest weather playing
(05:33):
a trick on us, we'll all be comfortable, nonetheless, and
you'll get a chance to see a dream or even
to be a participant in it. We can even finance
you on the spot. Wow. So have some fun. Come
out and see us at the Lucky Electrical Option at
LeMay Marymount, which is just an astounding place on eighty acres.
It's absolutely wonderful.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Okay, the le May family have been in that area
for a really long time, and everybody knows the le
May Museum crossed the way in Tacoma. But tell me
how the twur related, and also tell me about the
le May's long standing charitable actions in the South Sound.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
You know, they're general giants. We've most of us have
heard of them before. But Harold LeMay came back from
the Second World War and went into the refuse business
and started out as a garbage man and he ended
up getting everything from Federal Way to Ocean Shores to Vancouver, Washington,
this is the area and just an incredible hard worker.
His family vacuum on the whole thing. He has multiple
(06:36):
children who are very involved. And he fell in love
with cars. He had the world's largest collection of collector cars,
bigger than the William Herrock collection of Reno and in
the Guinness Book for over three thousand of them. And
he started having this car show once a year and
they've been backing up seniors the whole time in the
area with pancake breakfasts and they still serve at LeMay
(07:00):
Marymount every weekend and they're supporting of youth with parks
for skateboarding, they do all kinds of things with Mary
Bridge and even Children's hospital out of Seattle. They're just
really sweet people who put a lot of time and
effort into supporting things, including that giant museum there next
(07:21):
to the Tacoma Dome. There was a check for over
twenty five million dollars just to get that thing going.
And it's just been a constant reinvestment into the community,
reinvestment into Parkland, Spanaway and Tacoma and greater western Washington.
They're just really kind people that really stand behind their values,
(07:41):
and it's clear when you go to this event it's
meant for families and it's just something that's kind of
a legacy. So if you like old cars or you
just like people, you're gonna have a really good time there.
It's kind of the people's auctions. A lot of guys
go there that are there looking for a project. Some
people will go there looking for something that's perfect. There's
(08:02):
a little bit of everything there.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Everybody on the phone with me Evan McMullen, and he
is with Lucky Collector Car Auctions. The Lucky Collector Car
Auction is happening at LeMay Marymount next Saturday, the thirty first.
It's a great chance to see all the cars that
are exhibited at LeMay Marymount and another opportunity to participate
(08:25):
or just watch a car auction, which is really exciting.
How fast do you think these some of these cars
will go? Do you think there'll be some extraordinary bidding
going on?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
It should be some fun. You know, it's free and
everybody's welcome to come, so you'll you'll get to witness
and it's a lot like the big ones you see
on TV, but this one does benefit charity and it's
a little bit less threatening. It's a little bit more
creature comforts there, but it's still real action and you'll
(08:57):
see people going up against each other with tough softer
road and adrenaline and just you know, the throw of
the chase and people will just kind of step outside
their boundaries when they've got got mob action going on.
So it's pretty fun to watch. And you'll see some
do nations sitting, that is for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Hey tell me about the collection of cars, you know,
five hundred to six hundred cars on the property. They
just range from all types, right they do.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
They range from the very beginning of time they've got
one of the old Vercites, bens or the Benz trikes
there that it will be on display. And they go
from you know, turn of the century eighteen ninety nine
to you know, current day. And one of the things
that the Lamas are known for is the everyday America car.
(09:48):
And so there's a lot of exhibits, displays of trucks,
the vehicles that were actually used for work or just
uses drivers. And you will see a car like a
packerd or even a tucker or rolls rices or some
of the opulent cars of the day. But you'll also
see what everybody drove. You'll see the old bread trucks,
(10:08):
You'll see the old cement mixer. You'll see things that
really are the core of Americana and the backbone of
what made our country. It's really quite phenomenal. We have
motion picture companies somebody do us from all around the
world asking to leave the vehicles for period dramas that
they do because it's such a great collection of the
(10:30):
rearview mirror of what things used to be, and so
you can really see the daily life of America when
you go through the collection. They have dioramas of old
stores and an old barber shut up and Harold's office,
and collections of many things other than cars, dolls, corkscrews,
can openers, all sorts of exotic things that are fun
(10:51):
to see the evolution of It really is a pretty
special place for everybody.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Excellent. For information on this, go to Luckyoldcar dot com
Luckyold Car.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Dot com, yes, or you can also go to Lemaymrymount.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Dot org Lemaymarymount dot org. Evan, thank you so much.
This is just a great event. I'm glad we get
to talk about it every year. It does a great
work for the South Sound community. Forty six LeMay Annual
Show and Car Auction August thirty first next Saturday, all day.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Great. Thank you so much for me, It's a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Thank you so much, Evan,
Welcome to the Public Affairs show, your favorite iHeartRadio station.
I'm your local host, Lee Callahan. There's a great event
coming up August thirty, first, next Saturday, down at LeMay,
mary Mount. It's the Lucky Collector Car Auction. Here to
tell us all about it from Lucky Collector Car Auctions
is Evan McMullen.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hey, Evan, Hi, Lee, thanks for being on.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
The show today. It's a very exciting looking auction you've
got coming up one day only this year. Tell us
where the Fall Classic twenty twenty four is going to
take place.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah, it's a beautiful location. It's a former Dominican Nuns
Military voice boarding school called Mary Mount and it's just
near the Joint Basis off of Pacific and one hundred
and fifty seconds in Tacoma.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
So not only do we get to try to buy
a car on auction, but there's also going to be
so many shows, I mean so many cars being exhibited
as part of the collection. Correct.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yeah, you not only get the benefit of the collection,
it's also an open house that day where people come
into the car show. It's the forty six annual car
show on location and they open up the private collection
at the house just a few blocks away. So it's
a once a year opportunity for the public to go
(01:25):
see not only the le Maay Merriymount exhibition of five
to six hundred cars, but also the private collection at
the le Maaye family estate just a couple of miles
next door.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So how many cars are up for auction this year?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
It's not too many. There's only I say, one hundred
and fifty that'll be there, but many of them are
going at no reserve, so that means no matter what
the price is, people will be able to go home
with a little treasure.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Let's talk about a couple of the treasures. You've got
a muscle car there.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
It's a nineteen sixty three Ford Oh, but it's all
about things. It's a bigger version. It's the Galaxy, and
it's a very rare Galaxy. It's a Galaxy five hundred convertible,
which is you know, pretty distinctive to begin with. But
on top of that, it's a three ninety, which is
the big, big motor, and then it's actually got a
(02:22):
manual transmission, which is just rare than hend seas and
just a very original, wonderful driving car. It comes from
Eastern Washington. Very solid, presentable car. It's not perfect, but
just a really great thing to enjoy. It's numbers matching.
You can enjoy the car as it is, or you
could take it another step further and fully restored while
(02:42):
you enjoy it. Yes, but it runs, Oh it runs great.
It'll run over the block and it'll run the way
you take it to. That's so great.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
So that's a nineteen sixty three Ford Galaxy.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
What a beauty.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Now let's go over to what you could probably pick
up for. There's tea inexpensively like you were talking about,
because there's no reserve. The Volkswagen convertible bugs.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
There's a fifty seven convertible which is super desirable. There's
a sixty three little Herbie Lovebug that's had a bunch
of service done to it. It's just a sweet pea.
And then there's another early one as well, which is
called an Oval. It's got an oval window in the back.
Those are just heavily coveted. We've got carbon gias, We've
got all kinds of little German imports. There's a bunch
(03:29):
of Italian cars like Lamborghini's and Alfa Romeos and Maseratis,
there's Rolls Royces, there's Triumphs, there's Jaguars, and as you
point out, someone coming from collections where the principles have
unfortunately passed away and so they're selling them as is
at no reserve. Pretty exciting because there's some real opportunities there, no.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Kidding, you know. I'm looking online. I see that there
is a Bentley convertible two thousand and eight. I'm sorry,
I don't know much about Bentley's and except that their
luxury cars. I didn't know they were still making them
as late as two thousand and eight.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, you know, BMW acquired them and they've got extremely
dependable motors in them. And this one a one owner
car from new and it's absolutely beautiful and it's just
a head trigger and also extremely dependable. It costs over
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and it'll probably be
selling for twenty percent of that. You'll go for a
(04:30):
much much smaller number. And what a presence and what
a fun, thrilling car to drive.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Absolutely. Evan McMullen is on the phone with me. He's
from Lucky Collector Car Auctions putting on the Fall Classic
twenty twenty four auto show and auction. Did I get
that right?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah. It's at the Lea May Marymount Events Center, and
it's the LeMay Open House and the Lucky Collector Car
Option in conjunction together forty six years they have an
out of this star show. It's a pretty big deal
for Washington and we will have people bidding electronically from
all over the country, all over the world. We've sold
(05:10):
in thirty one countries so far the last sale. Many
cars going to Russia and to Poland in all kinds
of places, and so it should be a lot of
fun to see the electronic bidding coming in, the different
currencies and people in the house having a great time.
We've got food trucks, you've got a bar. It's very comfortable.
There's a kid. If we get our Northwest weather playing
(05:33):
a trick on us, we'll all be comfortable, nonetheless, and
you'll get a chance to see a dream or even
to be a participant in it. We can even finance
you on the spot. Wow. So have some fun. Come
out and see us at the Lucky Electrical Option at
LeMay Marymount, which is just an astounding place on eighty acres.
It's absolutely wonderful.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Okay, the le May family have been in that area
for a really long time, and everybody knows the le
May Museum crossed the way in Tacoma. But tell me
how the twur related, and also tell me about the
le May's long standing charitable actions in the South Sound.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
You know, they're general giants. We've most of us have
heard of them before. But Harold LeMay came back from
the Second World War and went into the refuse business
and started out as a garbage man and he ended
up getting everything from Federal Way to Ocean Shores to Vancouver, Washington,
this is the area and just an incredible hard worker.
His family vacuum on the whole thing. He has multiple
(06:36):
children who are very involved. And he fell in love
with cars. He had the world's largest collection of collector cars,
bigger than the William Herrock collection of Reno and in
the Guinness Book for over three thousand of them. And
he started having this car show once a year and
they've been backing up seniors the whole time in the
area with pancake breakfasts and they still serve at LeMay
(07:00):
Marymount every weekend and they're supporting of youth with parks
for skateboarding, they do all kinds of things with Mary
Bridge and even Children's hospital out of Seattle. They're just
really sweet people who put a lot of time and
effort into supporting things, including that giant museum there next
(07:21):
to the Tacoma Dome. There was a check for over
twenty five million dollars just to get that thing going.
And it's just been a constant reinvestment into the community,
reinvestment into Parkland, Spanaway and Tacoma and greater western Washington.
They're just really kind people that really stand behind their values,
(07:41):
and it's clear when you go to this event it's
meant for families and it's just something that's kind of
a legacy. So if you like old cars or you
just like people, you're gonna have a really good time there.
It's kind of the people's auctions. A lot of guys
go there that are there looking for a project. Some
people will go there looking for something that's perfect. There's
(08:02):
a little bit of everything there.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Everybody on the phone with me Evan McMullen, and he
is with Lucky Collector Car Auctions. The Lucky Collector Car
Auction is happening at LeMay Marymount next Saturday, the thirty first.
It's a great chance to see all the cars that
are exhibited at LeMay Marymount and another opportunity to participate
(08:25):
or just watch a car auction, which is really exciting.
How fast do you think these some of these cars
will go? Do you think there'll be some extraordinary bidding
going on?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
It should be some fun. You know, it's free and
everybody's welcome to come, so you'll you'll get to witness
and it's a lot like the big ones you see
on TV, but this one does benefit charity and it's
a little bit less threatening. It's a little bit more
creature comforts there, but it's still real action and you'll
(08:57):
see people going up against each other with tough softer
road and adrenaline and just you know, the throw of
the chase and people will just kind of step outside
their boundaries when they've got got mob action going on.
So it's pretty fun to watch. And you'll see some
do nations sitting, that is for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Hey tell me about the collection of cars, you know,
five hundred to six hundred cars on the property. They
just range from all types, right they do.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
They range from the very beginning of time they've got
one of the old Vercites, bens or the Benz trikes
there that it will be on display. And they go
from you know, turn of the century eighteen ninety nine
to you know, current day. And one of the things
that the Lamas are known for is the everyday America car.
(09:48):
And so there's a lot of exhibits, displays of trucks,
the vehicles that were actually used for work or just
uses drivers. And you will see a car like a
packerd or even a tucker or rolls rices or some
of the opulent cars of the day. But you'll also
see what everybody drove. You'll see the old bread trucks,
(10:08):
You'll see the old cement mixer. You'll see things that
really are the core of Americana and the backbone of
what made our country. It's really quite phenomenal. We have
motion picture companies somebody do us from all around the
world asking to leave the vehicles for period dramas that
they do because it's such a great collection of the
(10:30):
rearview mirror of what things used to be, and so
you can really see the daily life of America when
you go through the collection. They have dioramas of old
stores and an old barber shut up and Harold's office,
and collections of many things other than cars, dolls, corkscrews,
can openers, all sorts of exotic things that are fun
(10:51):
to see the evolution of It really is a pretty
special place for everybody.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Excellent. For information on this, go to Luckyoldcar dot com
Luckyold Car.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Dot com, yes, or you can also go to Lemaymrymount.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Dot org Lemaymarymount dot org. Evan, thank you so much.
This is just a great event. I'm glad we get
to talk about it every year. It does a great
work for the South Sound community. Forty six LeMay Annual
Show and Car Auction August thirty first next Saturday, all day.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Great. Thank you so much for me, It's a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Thank you so much, Evan,
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