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Title: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: MCarter on January 09, 2008, 07:36:06 pm
Hello everyone !! Hope everyone's holiday were enjoyable. I have a question.... A good friend of mine gave me a !940 ' s - 1950 's Car Hop menu board that you order your food from, Then the girls on roller skates would bring it out. So my questions does anyone know were i can find information about them and parts?  Any help would be great !!

Thanks


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: dr galaga on January 09, 2008, 07:41:51 pm
Do you have any pics?  I have one from Sonic, but it's from the 90's.


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: MCarter on January 09, 2008, 08:10:03 pm
I can get the picture in the morning. I can tell u one thing its old !!


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: Creighton on January 09, 2008, 08:48:18 pm
Matt,
Great find!! The folks over at oldgas.com might be able to help as well.
Creighton


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: MCarter on January 10, 2008, 04:38:25 pm
Ok here is some pictures.....I hope !!


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: dr galaga on January 10, 2008, 05:18:32 pm
The place I used to go to (until they tore it down to build a Walgreen's!) had hand painted menus that hung above, between where the cars pull in.  Each board took up about two car widths.


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: collecture on January 10, 2008, 05:33:28 pm
Kool looking sign Matt....I remember similar boards from my youth.
Are you going to hook up an intercom to the kitchen?


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: dr galaga on January 10, 2008, 06:25:02 pm
Are you going to hook up an intercom to the kitchen?

"Honey...can you bring me a beer!"  :tounge:


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: MCarter on January 10, 2008, 07:16:36 pm
I thought about hooking it up to the Jukebox. I like the idea of "Honey can you bring me a Beer"  :biggrin:


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: collecture on January 10, 2008, 07:55:07 pm
I thought about hooking it up to the Jukebox. I like the idea of "Honey can you bring me a Beer"  :biggrin:

Good luck!!


Title: Re: Car Hop Menu board
Post by: dr galaga on January 10, 2008, 10:32:40 pm
I thought about hooking it up to the Jukebox.

Just a warning - You may need a transformer for this.  Most of the outputs on a jukebox are a 24volt or 70volt system.  Radio Shack used to carry these transformers (not sure if they still do).