He became a partner in an automotive business just out of high school, and began his Spanaway Garbage Collection Company, which would become Harold LeMay Enterprises, just after World War II.
[3] LeMay amassed the largest privately owned collection of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, and all manner of other vehicles and related memorabilia in the world.
Each summer until his death in 2000, LeMay, his wife Nancy, and their family would open their estate for the annual LeMay Car Show.This tradition has continued each summer on the last Saturday in August when thousands of visitors have the opportunity to view this vast collection.
[5] Harold LeMay was elected to the National Solid Waste Association Hall of Fame in 1991.
[6] On May 28, 2011, Harold and Nancy Lemay were inducted into the Washington State Hot Rod Hall of Fame.