The two museums: Connecting visitors to a meaningful experience
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
Release Date: 12/17/2023
Japan episode 2: A visit with Darren Cunningham from the Isle of Man
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
As delegates to the World Forum for Motor Museums begin gathering in Tokyo, Eric and Todd start visiting with other delegates. In a Tokyo coffee shop, Eric & Todd interview their friend Darren Cunningham, the director of the Isle of Man Motoring Museum. Darren talks about life on the Isle of Man, the incredible transportation collection he manages (“anything with a motor”), and we deep dive into the famous Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) motorcycle race, held nearly annually since 1907, a deadly competition that could be held almost no place else in the world. Visit the Isle of Man...
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Japan Episode 1: LeMayZING arrives!
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
Eric and Todd kick off their epic “car & museum guy” journey across Japan on the way to represent LeMay Family Collections at Marymount at the World Forum for Motor Museums. The first episode comes from a tiny sushi restaurant within the world famous Tsukiji Outer Market in Chuo City, which is part of Tokyo. Eric and Todd discuss the welcoming nature of the Japanese people, the food, the interesting array of coins and currency, using Japanese TV remotes and stumbling through our basic Japanese. More episodes of our epic journey coming!
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Talking Auctions…and Japan
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
In this episode, join co-hosts Eric LeMay and Todd Kelley as they take us inside of car auctions, both as bidders and drivers. Learn terms like “buyers premium” and “reserve” and how it applies to bidders looking for a deal on a car. We also dive into some great auction sound and some stories involving the great Harold LeMay. We also give you a bigger peak behind the curtain of our upcoming trip to the World Forum for Motoring Museums being hosted in Nagoya, Japan. (Did someone say, "Toyota 2000GT?")
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Grabbing gears on a '34 Ford bus
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
In this short, natural sound episode, join co-hosts Eric LeMay and Todd Kelley as they do a shuttle run between the parking lot and the drop-off point for guests visiting the 46th Annual LeMay Car Show on August 31, plus a return trip. Todd spent the entire day double-clutching a 1934 Ford bus. Also in the shuttle rotation was a 1945 GMC “Ride the Ducks” amphibious tour bus once used in Seattle and Lake Union. The Ford, widely believed to originally be a Yellowstone National Park tour bus, was restored by LeMay Restorations and is powered by the legendary Ford flathead V-8 and a “square...
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One for My Baby (Grand Chevrolet), One More for the Road
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
Join hosts Eric LeMay and Todd Kelley as they interview one of Todd’s high school friends, Russell Trahan, author of, “One for the Road: Cars and Cocktails that Share a Name.” Hear how Russell came up with the idea while drinking Manhattans (Kaizer!) with friends and how he researched the cocktail recipes, along with the car ads and descriptions that go with the drinks. Also, hear how Russell and Todd come up with names for their cars and how they recall the cars they drove while students at Beaverton High School in the (ahem) early 1980’s. (Russell hasn’t changed a bit! Good on ya,...
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We're going on a trip this October!
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
Join Todd & Eric in this first episode in a recurring series as they take the show on the road…or the air…to a foreign venue to attend the next World Federation for Motoring Museums (WFFMM). Japan!!! Join us as Eric raves about the amazing 7-Eleven egg salad sandwiches, Todd looks forward to hanging out at the hotel pool with the British contingent and we get to walk the halls of an incredible automotive venue. We have some great episodes on this special trip on the way! We’d love for you to help us fulfill this vision. We do this podcast mostly out of our own pockets, so we are...
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Marymount volunteer archivist Pilar LeMay
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
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It's Model T Season!
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
Its that time of year again! Time for the Model T Experience! Sessions begin in May and you spend the day learning to drive a Ford Model T around the 90-acre grounds at the beautiful Marymount Academy. In this short episode, LeMayZing Co-Host Todd Kelley gives a brief history of the Ford Model T and we hear from two recent “graduates” of the Model T Experience. Join us! Visit for dates and other information.
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The Stahl Collection: Music Machines
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
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Remembering the Things You Forget to Remember
LeMayZing! Cars, Collecting, History, and Culture with Eric LeMay
Join us for another fun episode with Eric & Todd at The Hideaway Tavern ($4 dirty burgers on Wednesdays). In this episode, we discuss how different LeMay Collections at Marymount and LeMay-America’s Car Museum are from each other, but they are symbiotic in a way that will surprise visitors to both. It is a bit of a continuation of our previous episode as we share great stories of cars in both collections that hold fond memories for both of us. Then, the comparison devolves into Eric classifying LeMay Collections at Marymount as an “orgy of the senses.” (Hey Eric, this is a...
info_outlineJoin LeMayZing Host Eric LeMay and Co-host Todd Kelley from LeMay Collections at Marymount as they are joined by Pandora Paul, the curator at LeMay-America’s Car Museum, both located in Tacoma, WA. We have a wide-ranging conversation about car collecting and creating a meaningful car museum experience for a more diverse audience by connecting them to their own memories and experiences. A great conversation, live from the Hideaway Tavern in Spanaway, WA, all during a Seattle Seahawks game!