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I picked up this old A&W "Order O-Matic" menu light up recently.  I'm guessing probably 1970's.

I'm going to have to replace the lighting.  I would like to find a speaker and take apart the speaker block and see if I can rig something up so you could push the button and here it out a speaker.

Anyone out there tech savy have any ideas?  There is also a switch for tray pick up...

Awesome.. we had an A&W in my hometown.. great memories.. good luck with the project.

I love it. Does it have the Papa Burger, Mama Burger and Baby Burger?

Cool item, what's the output of the mic, just a standard audio output?  You'll need an amplified speaker to get sound out, give this one a shot, cheap for experimenting: https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-mini-audio-amplifier?variant=5717614213

The inside has the connection ends were a t-12 bulb used to belong.  

I will have to take apart the speaker with the push button inside it to investigate.  I assume the speaker is low voltage at 24 volts so it looks like I will have to somehow step down the voltage.  Not to good with electricity so I might only get as far as installing a light ...

Great score, congrats!

In the 1960's those order menu units were built by Eprad out of Toledo, Ohio. Eprad was well-known in the theater industry and built many pieces of movie theater equipment including drive-in theater speakers.