Harold LeMay, a Tacoma businessman, loved cars and managed to collect more than 3,000 automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles over forty years of collecting. A number of the vehicles from his collection form the nucleus of the LeMay—America’s Car Museum. This collection of more than 300 cars, motorcycles, and trucks is displayed in a four-level building in Tacoma, Washington. A special display—Celebrating the Passion and Vision of Harold & Nancy LeMay—highlighted some of the cars in their personal collection. Shown below are some of the cars in the LeMay Collection from the 1930s.
1930 Essex Super Six Rumble Seat Coupe
Essex, a division of Hudson Motor Cars, was known for its rugged and lower-priced cars. In 1930, Essex produced more than 75,000 cars making it the third-largest American automobile manufacturer at this time.
1931 Ford Model A-400 Convertible Cabriolet Sedan
This car was distinguished by its side windows that could be moved up and down. In addition, the A-400 was offered in more color combinations than other passenger Model As.
1933 Dodge DP Rumble Seat Coupe
This car has an inline 6-cylinder engine, 3-speed manual transmission and front-opening doors. A total of 8,879 of these rumble seat coupes were produced out of the 106,103 Dodge automobiles produced in 1933.
More automobiles
LeMay Family Collection: Cars of the 1930s (Photo Diary)
WAAAM: Automobiles of the 1930s (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: A couple of Chryslers and a Plymouth from the 1930s
Car Show: Cars from the 1930s (Photo Diary)
Museums 101: 1930s Fords in the Classic Auto Museum (photo diary)
Museums 101: Automobiles of the 1930s (Photo Diary)
Packard Museum: Convertibles of the 1930s (photo diary)
Packard Museum: Sedans of the 1930s (photo diary)
