Frank Wade's Memorabilia, Whitney, Texas

Frank Wade has been collecting memorabilia for many, many years. At 91 years old, he welcomes groups to come and view his collection. It is not open to the public -- he has too many antiques that could be worth a great deal of money, so he is very selective as to who is allowed to come. His collection resides in a very unassuming green building with a stone sculpture of the Baylor Bear out front.

A stone depicting a Baylor Bear adorns the green metal building located near the “Y” on Highway 22 in Whitney. Frank Wade, the owner of the green building, was born and raised in Whitney and went on to graduate from Baylor with a Bachelor of Business Administration and later owned a golf course in Alabama.

I went upstairs and took this video of the floor below showing his collection:

Frank Wade’s 13,000-square-foot green metal building in Whitney is filled with a collection of antique items, including more than 15 cars. 

Frank Wade & his girlfriend

Proudly displayed within the building are more than 15 vintage cars, ranging from 1929 to 1993 in year model. In addition to the shiny cars, Wade displays collections of smaller vintage items in the 13,000-square-foot building, including 775 cookie jars, 220 baseball caps, a Wurlitzer record player, dolls, diner paraphernalia, nativity scene figurines, watches and more.

Wade is a member of the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America in Arlington, and he attends car tours at least twice each year.

His car collection includes three convertibles, a 1929 Model A Roadster pickup, a yellow 1930 Durant, a 1958 Chevy Impala, 1939 Ford Street Rod, a 1957 Packard, a 1936 black two-door sedan, which is the first car he started showing at car tours, a 1954 light blue Chevy 210, which is the car he shows at car tours now, and an orange 1990 Chevy pickup with a V6 engine and all wood features, which won an award at a Hillsboro car show for “most unique.”

1939 Ford Street Roadster

1930 Durant 4-Door Sedan

1936 4-Door Coupe

1932 Chevy Confederate Sport Roadster Deluxe

1964 Ford Thunderbird

1955 Chevy Bel Air Convertible

1958 Chevy Impala 2-Door Hardtop (Frank's favorite)

1929 Model A Roadster Pickup

Super Golf Cart

1990 Chevy Pickup with wood trim

The Group that went to Frank's Museum