Jacques Littlefield, tank collector, dies
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Jacques Littlefield, tank collector, dies
Jacques Littlefield, tank collector, dies
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Jacques Littlefield, an unassuming multimillionaire who amassed the country's largest private collection of tanks and other military armored vehicles, died Wednesday at his Portola Valley ranch. He was 59.
Mr. Littlefield owned about 200 tanks, self-propelled guns, armored personnel carriers, anti-aircraft vehicles and other heavy combat vehicles, ranging from an M1917 "Six-Ton Tractor" from World War I to a Russian T-72 used by Saddam Hussein's forces in the Iraq war.
Mr. Littlefield owned about 200 tanks, self-propelled guns, armored personnel carriers, anti-aircraft vehicles and other heavy combat vehicles, ranging from an M1917 "Six-Ton Tractor" from World War I to a Russian T-72 used by Saddam Hussein's forces in the Iraq war.
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What happens to the tanks now?
When I was at Irwin I got to take a peak at their tank collection. Friggin sick. And they've got quite a few tanks, helicopters and anti-aircraft guns sitting around to look at.
When I was at Irwin I got to take a peak at their tank collection. Friggin sick. And they've got quite a few tanks, helicopters and anti-aircraft guns sitting around to look at.
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A jewel in his collection is the German Panzer V Panther tank that the German army sank in a Polish river during World War II to keep it from the advancing Russians. The Panther sat submerged for decades, and Mr. Littlefield acquired it five years ago and began restoring it.
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I've been up there thrice with the De Anza Auto Tech Club, never met the guy but that's too bad. I don't think the collection will be sold though, it's probably written in his will somewhere that it just stays up there as part of the museum thing he had goin.
That mans compound is freaking AMAZING!
and it's HUGE!!
Here are some pics I took a few years ago:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLan..._photos_button
and it's HUGE!!
Here are some pics I took a few years ago:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLan..._photos_button
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