On 03/23/2010 06:34 PM, Mimi Gallandt -> Stan Hardegree wrote:
 MG> Stan Hardegree -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 SH>>> My car has 180K miles on it. If I am careful about scheduled
 SH>> maintenance,
 SH>>> and I am, I should get a half million miles out the engine.

 EH>>> My 55 Chevy (my first car) had roughly 300K miles on it and was on
 MG> it's
 EH>>> second engine. It had different color driver's door and trunk lid.

 SH>> You still have your first car?? That is cool. And a great car it is - a
 SH>> classic.

 EH>>> My current car (my 12th) is a 94 Dodge Intrepid and has 110K and the
 EH>>> engine is still strong. I maintain it very well.

 SH>> I have never counted up the cars I have owned. I just did. 10. In that
 SH>> number are a 67 GTO, a 64 Corvette and a 77 442. I currently drive a
 MG> BMW
 SH>> 535i. I am now and have always been a car nut.

 EH>>> I have never owned a brand new vehicle. Several of my friends, being
 SH>> car
 EH>>> enthusiasts, own several cars from the 50s and 60s as well as newer
 EH>>> cars, none of which are "junk" as Otto claims.

 SH>> Cars from the 50 and 60s are classics now, some fetching big money.
 MG> Late
 SH>> 60s and early 70s MOPAR muscle are out of sight with Hemi Cudas and
 MG> Road
 SH>> Runners bringing in $100K or more. I was watching the Mecum auction
 SH>> recently and a plain jane 70 Road Runner, OD green with bottle cap
 MG> hub caps
 SH>> and no frills interior, fetched a quarter million dollars.

 MG> The San Diego automobile museum has a Tucker!

So does the largest auto collection in the country and possibly the world
-- the Harold Le May collection right here in Tacoma, Washington. The Le
May collection has over 3000 automobiles in it. Harold Le May was the
founder and owner of Le May refuse and had collected cars and other
memorabilia for decades. When he passed away, his family took steps to
preserve the collection and build a museum so people could come see it.
Starting many years ago, at the end of August, he would open his property
up for the public to see the cars. He bought a local Catholic boys academy
and housed many of his cars there. He owned several acres of land and
parked many of the cars he hadn't had restored on that land. I'm a member
of the Le May Collection preservation society so I get frequent updates on
the progress of the museum. The city of Tacoma has set aside land near the
Tacoma Dome for the museum and the architect has submitted the plans and
the ground has been broken so soon America's Car Museum(R) will be open for
the world to visit.

Here's the link:

http://www.lemaymuseum.org/

Ed

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