Vintage Grill & Car Museum founder Tom Moncrief, an oilman from Fort Worth, was made to create a combination car museum and restaurant after visiting one in Sydney, Australia, while on his honeymoon in 1988.[4][7][8] 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.[7][8]
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. Before being repurposed as a car museum and restaurant, the property's former gas station also served as Weatherford's Greyhoundbus station.[9]
The establishment opened to the public in early 2015.[4]
Vintage Car Museum and Event Center
Interior of the Vintage Car Museum & Event Center
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.[10] 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 are curated by Shana Akins.[4][10] The Event Center walls are the original 1886 rock walls from when the building was a livery stable. It can accommodate over 200 people.[10]
^"Vintage Grill & Car Museum". TravelTexas. Office of the Governor, Economic Development and Tourism. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
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