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Vintage Grill & Car Museum facts for kids
Exterior of the Vintage Grill & Car Museum
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| Established | 2015 |
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| Location | Weatherford, Texas |
| Type | Automobile museum, restaurant |
| Owner | Tom Moncrief |
The Vintage Grill & Car Museum is a unique spot in Weatherford, Texas. It's a fun place where you can see cool old cars and also grab a bite to eat! The museum is located on Fort Worth Highway. The building itself is quite old, built in the 1930s. It used to be a car dealership and a gas station before becoming the museum it is today.
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Explore the Car Museum
This museum has a collection of 11 amazing cars. You can see some really old ones, like a 1930 Buick and a 1940 LaSalle. There's even a 1948 Studebaker that was once a sheriff's patrol car!
One of the most special cars is a 1964 Lincoln Continental. This car used to belong to Lyndon B. Johnson, who was a President! You can also find a 1975 Trabant, which is a car from East Germany.
The museum also displays a 1979 Jeep CJ-7 with six-wheel drive. That's a lot of wheels! There's also a unique 1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer that's mixed with a Dodge Durango. Plus, you can see a 1997 Pontiac G8 concept car. This is a car that was designed but never fully produced.
Some cars on display were even featured in famous movies. You might spot cars from The Godfather and Pearl Harbor!
Delicious Restaurant
The restaurant at the museum serves "farm-to-table" food. This means they get their ingredients, like fresh fruits and vegetables, from local farms. They focus on "southern style cuisine," which includes many popular dishes from the southern United States. They even get their produce from the local Weatherford Farmers Market.
Museum's History
The idea for the Vintage Grill & Car Museum came from Tom Moncrief. He is an oilman from Fort Worth. In 1988, while on his honeymoon in Sydney, Australia, he visited a place that was both a car museum and a restaurant. He loved the idea!
Tom first thought about opening a museum with a 1950s theme in Fort Worth. But then someone suggested he open it in an old service station instead. So, he bought an old gas station building in Weatherford for his project.
The buildings where the museum is now were built around 1919. By 1921, when the Bankhead Highway came through Weatherford, the property was a busy place. It had a large garage for 50 cars, an office for car sales, gas pumps, and a repair shop. The old gas station even served as Weatherford's Greyhound bus station at one point.
The Vintage Grill & Car Museum officially opened its doors to the public in early 2015.
Vintage Car Museum and Event Center
On August 4, 2016, a second location opened nearby. It's called the Vintage Car Museum and Event Center. It's just one block west of the original museum. This new center is in the Hobson Building, which is about 13,000 square feet. This bigger space lets Tom Moncrief show even more of his amazing car collection. Shana Akins helps manage these car collections.
The Event Center has cool original rock walls from 1886. Back then, the building was a stable for horses! Now, it's a great place for events and can hold over 200 people.
Images for kids
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A classic 1930 Buick
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Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Lincoln Continental convertible
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Paintings of a Citroen 2CV from the Vintage Collection
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A 1975 Trabant 501