LeMay--America's Car Museum

[dpdapper]

Dropped off the coupe at the LeMay in Tacoma for six months to be displayed as part of their "BMW – Propelling a Century of Innovation" exhibit. Some nice cars, including a 507, a 2002 Turbo, a 2800CS, a CSL Batmobile, a 3.0CS (mine), an M1, two Z8s and a really nice Isetta.

Unlike (I suspect) the 507, I drove there from LA over three days. Best part was the 101 from Santa Rosa to the Oregon Coast. Truly spectacular scenery.

A few photos:

'73 3.0CS Chamonix/ Red Leather
3.5l/5spd

 

[Cabrio330]

An E9 that is suitable for a museum but also gets driven. That sounds like the perfect car!

 

[BMW Pete]

The exhibition has just changed as they have moved a few BMWs downstairs for the Master Collector Exhibition.

Below a few of the BMWs that were unveiled at the opening of the exhibition months ago and have been moved to the other exhibition ..............

 

[dpdapper]

The exhibition has just changed as they have moved a few BMWs downstairs for the Master Collector Exhibition.

Yup. My coupe came in for the "refresh" of the exhibition. Some nice cars downstairs, too!


'73 3.0CS Chamonix/ Red Leather
3.5l/5spd

 

[HB Chris]

David,

Your coupe looks splendid and also in good company, I might have withdrawal symptoms if my coupe was gone for that long!

 

[adawil2002]

So wanted to stop at Lemay and also visit BMW Pete when we were in Seattle. Unfortunately we were too ambitious with our plans and those visits didn't happen.

 

[bluecoupe30!]

Visited Lemay, May 15th when BMW celebrated the 100th there. Amazing display, had heard about this museum for years, so happy to have finally experienced it. What a super place to park your car, though, like others, I would have withdrawal after a weekend! Great photos, thanks for posting. Mike

 

[jefftepper]

I had the opportunity to visit the Lemay about a year ago or so. There was a Corvair event on the lower lawn that day. Great venue and knowledgeable docents.