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Puzzle #1833 - Creighton Hunter's 1957 Slice-O-Pie Dragster
« on: December 27, 2010, 06:47:17 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2010, 09:16:24 AM »
Experts?
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2010, 09:39:19 AM »
Isn't that the Moon logo?
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2010, 10:08:46 AM »
They look like Moon Eyes to me, but the car is not named for that.
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2010, 05:02:12 PM »
Those are half-hearted Moon type eyes.
Dean Moon woulda done a much more pro looking job I would think.
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2011, 02:46:18 AM »
Not a car by Moon.
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2011, 07:20:11 AM »
Is Mickey Thompson involved anywhere?
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2011, 08:20:50 AM »
To my knowledge, no
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2011, 06:01:30 AM »
Time for a Pro point.
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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2011, 05:59:05 PM »
One of the early “Moon” sponsored cars was Creighton Hunter’s innovative 1957 “Slice-O-Pie” dragster that featured an aluminum wedge shaped body with a “sidewinding” 276ci Mercury with direct chain drive and a hand operated jack stand starting system.

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Re: Puzzle #1833
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2011, 03:44:41 AM »
Bingo!
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Re: Puzzle #1833 - Creighton Hunter's 1957 Slice-O-Pie Dragster
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2011, 01:38:47 PM »
From what I've read, the Mooneyes logo was cleaned up by someone who worked at Disney.

This must have been done before that...

And Dean Moon did not own or race this car, but according to the site where I found the Info, he did sponsor it.


The car was fast for its day.
I'm guessing, because of its bare bones design, it must have been very light.
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Re: Puzzle #1833 - Creighton Hunter's 1957 Slice-O-Pie Dragster
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2017, 08:26:03 AM »
According to a major web site about Kustoms, the frame of "Slice-O-Pie" was built by Dale Kersh.  Legend has it that Kersh also created the logo on the side, when he partly filled in the numbers of car # 00.

Here is an image showing why you would call a car Slice Of Pie, and a picture of the sideways, tri-carb flathead V8.
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