In the first of a series of articles, the American Heritage Museum’s Hunter Chaney reports on vehicles in the collection, starting with an M3A1 Scout Car
This M3A1 Scout Car that features in the American Heritage Museum collection was the first armoured car purchased by Jacques Littlefield, a wellknown collector of military vehicles in the US.
Jacques, who passed away in 2009, had bought the Scout Car around the time he picked up his first tank – an M5A1 Stuart – which started what would be the largest privately held collection of tank and armoured vehicles in the world.
A close friend of his, Bill Boller – who chairs the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation – said Jacques had been “hyper detailed” with the Scout Car’s restoration process: “Everything – from the individual nuts and screws to the accessory radio equipment and gauges – had to look just as it came out of a military maintenance shop,” exclaimed Bill.
