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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 special because it's both a car museum and a restaurant! You can see awesome old cars and grab a bite to eat at the same time. This cool place is located at 202 Fort Worth Highway. The building itself is quite old, built in the 1930s. It used to be a car dealership called McDavid Oldsmobile and also a gas station.
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Explore the Car Collection
The museum has 11 amazing cars for you to see. Imagine checking out a 1930 Buick or a 1940 LaSalle! There's even a 1948 Studebaker that looks like an old sheriff's patrol car.
One of the coolest cars is a 1964 Lincoln Continental that once belonged to President Lyndon B. Johnson. You can also spot a 1948 Lincoln. The collection includes some really unique vehicles like a 1975 Trabant and a 1979 Jeep CJ-7 that has six-wheel drive! There's also a special 1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer that's a mix with a Dodge Durango. If you like futuristic cars, you'll see a 1997 Pontiac G8 concept car. Some cars on display were even in famous movies like The Godfather and Pearl Harbor.
Delicious Food at the Restaurant
The restaurant at the museum serves "southern style cuisine." This means they make tasty food inspired by the southern United States. They get their fresh ingredients from the local Weatherford Farmers Market. This is called "farm-to-table" because the food comes straight from local farms to your plate.
How the Museum Started
The idea for the Vintage Grill & Car Museum came from a man named Tom Moncrief. He's 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 and wanted to create something similar back home.
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 the old building in Weatherford.
The buildings where the museum is now were built around 1919. By 1921, when the Bankhead Highway came to Weatherford, the property was a busy place. It had a garage for 50 cars, a building for car sales and offices, gas pumps, and a repair shop. Before it became a car museum, the old gas station even served as Weatherford's Greyhound bus station. 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! It's called the Vintage Car Museum and Event Center. It's just one block west of the main museum, at 100 Fort Worth Highway. This new center is in the Hobson Building, which is about 13,000 square feet. This extra space lets Tom Moncrief show even more of his amazing car collection. Shana Akins helps to organize and care for the cars.
The walls inside the Event Center are really old, made from original rock from 1886. Back then, the building was a livery stable, which is a place where horses were kept. Now, it's a cool spot that can hold over 200 people for events.
Gallery
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A 1930 Buick
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Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Lincoln Continental convertible
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Citroen 2CV Vintage Collection Paintings
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A 1975 Trabant 501