Vintage Grill & Car Museum
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Established | 2015 |
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Location | Weatherford, Texas |
Coordinates | 32°45′31″N 97°47′43″W / 32.758619°N 97.795287°W |
Type | Automobile museum, restaurant |
Curator | Terry Mann |
Owner | Tom Moncrief |
Website | vintageautomuseum.com |
Vintage Grill & Car Museum is a car museum and restaurant in Weatherford, Texas. [citation needed] It is located at 202 Fort Worth Highway, where it occupies a circa-1930s building that previously housed the McDavid Oldsmobile car dealership and a gas station. [citation needed]
Museum
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The museum features 11 classic and vintage cars. Its collection includes a 1930 Buick, a 1940 LaSalle, a 1948 Studebaker sheriff patrol car, a 1948 Lincoln and a 1964 Lincoln Continental both owned by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a 1975 Trabant, a 1979 Jeep CJ-7 (featuring six-wheel drive), a 1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer-Dodge Durango hybrid, and a 1997 Pontiac G8 concept car. [citation needed] Also on display are cars featured in the films The Godfather and Pearl Harbor.[citation needed]
Restaurant
The restaurant bills itself as serving "farm-to-table southern style cuisine", and it sources its produce from the local Weatherford Farmer's Market. [citation needed]
History
Vintage Grill & Car Museum was founded by Tom Moncrief, an oilman from Fort Worth, who was inspired to create a combination car museum and restaurant after visiting one in Sydney, Australia, while on his honeymoon in 1988.[citation needed] After originally planning to open a 1950s-themed museum in Fort Worth, Moncrief took a suggestion to open it instead in an old service station, purchasing one in Weatherford for the purpose.[citation needed]
The current museum's buildings were built around 1919; by 1921, when the Bankhead Highway arrived in Weatherford, the lot included a 50-car garage, an auto sales and office building, gas pumps, and a repair shop. [citation needed]
Vintage Car Museum and Event Center
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On August 4, 2016, the companion Vintage Car Museum and Event Center opened one block west of Vintage Grill & Car Museum, at 100 Fort Worth Highway.The Museum and Event Center is located in the 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m2) Hobson Building, which allows Moncrief to display more of his car collections, which is curated by Shana Akins. [citation needed]
Gallery
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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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1975 Trabant 501
References
External links
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