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==History==
The first acquisition was an unrestored M3A1 Scout Car. The first two tanks arrived on site in 1983, and by 1988 the collection comprised five armored vehicles. Subsequent military vehicles and associated equipment were acquired from dealers, collectors, or in trade with various museums or government agencies in the United States and abroad. By the middle of the 1990s the collection included examples from almost all historically significant land battles of the last half-century. The oldest armored military vehicle in the collection is a World War I era [[M1917 light tank]].<!--This description is lifted word-for-word from the reference.--><!--Well that's copyvio, innit?--><ref name=AboutUs>{{cite web |url=http://mvtf.org/about.html |title=About Us |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF) |access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
The Foundation was established in early 1998. Littlefield's major objective for the Foundation was to preserve the collection for the future.<ref name=AboutUs /> Over 200 [[armored fighting vehicle]]s were present in the collection,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mvtf.org/col_intro.html |title=Introduction to our Collection |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF) |access-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185729/http://www.mvtf.org/col_intro.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> displayed in a {{convert|48000|ft2}} exhibition space at Littlefield's {{convert|470|acre|adj=on}} Pony Tracks Ranch in the Vista Verde neighborhood. The ranch was once owned by former San Francisco Mayor and California Governor [[James Rolph|"Sunny Jim" Rolph]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.portolavalley.net/home/showdocument?id=112 |title=An Unusual Collection |date=Winter 2004 |work=The Portola Valley Post |pages=3–4 |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> The foundation offered tours of its collection with a mandatory donation until the inventory was transported to the new museum in Stow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mvtf.org/pub_tours.html |title=Tours: General Public |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF) |access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
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