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| TEXAS: MUFFLER MEN |
| Big George Warrenton, TX |
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| Big George stands in front of the Sterling McCall Old Car Museum. For more, see this website. |
| Jennings Anderson Ford Boerne, TX |
Bud & Ben's Muffler & Front Dallas, TX |
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This Boerne Muffler Man holds a giant pipe and is installed at Jennings Anderson Ford. For more, see this website.
Bud & Ben's Bunyan sports gold lamé pants is incorporated into a nifty old sign. Bud & Ben's Muffler & Front used to be Bud and Ken's - but the brothers had a falling out and the name was changed. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Half-Wit Ken's Muffler & Brake North Central Expressway Dallas, TX |
Half-Wit Ken's Muffler & Brake Northwest Highway Dallas, TX |
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| Ken's Muffler & Brake features Half-Wits at both of its locations. Both hold mufflers and are in great shape. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. |
| Half-Wit Beaumont, TX |
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| The Beaumont Half-Wit stands in front of another Ken's Muffler & Brake location. As of 2007, he's been repainted. For more, see this website. |
| Ledwell & Son Enterprises Texarkana, TX |
Red McCombs Superior San Antonio, TX |
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The Ledwell Man is one of the smaller and rarer Bunyan type Muffler Men. He stands way back in the yard and is difficult to photograph. Ledwell has been making feed trailers since 1946.
The San Antonio Indian stands on a pole high above Red McCombs Superior used car lot, saluting motorists on NW Loop 410. |
| Waxahachie High School Waxahachie, TX |
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| The Waxahachie Indian stands in the football stadium of Waxahachie High School. The school's teams are known as the Waxahachie Indians and the Lady Indians. This Muffler Man is a converted Bunyan type. For more, see this website. |
| Country Barn Steak House Amarillo, TX |
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| The Amarillo Man has the service station type body. He stands in front of the Country Barn Steak House. This Muffler Man has creased pants, dress shoes, and weird small hands. He was previously in Sanger, TX where he was restored by Glenn Goode (see below). For more, see this website. |
| Custom Sandblasting Sherman, TX |
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| The Sherman Man is another example of the service station type body. This business is owned by Jay Dee Goode, the son of Glenn Goode who owns the Muffler Man trio in Gainesville, TX described below. |
| Glenn Goode's Sandblasting & Rental Gainesville, TX |
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| There are four fiberglass statues at Glenn Goode's Sandblasting & Rental: a Cowboy Muffler Man, two Big Johns and a Miss Uniroyal. The cowboy's head was made from a mold of a now-gone Muffler Man in Canton, TX and his hands were molded from the Ken's Muffler Man in Dallas (see above). Goode bought the Miss Uniroyal in 1984 from a car dealership in Wichita Falls, TX. She wore a red bikini at that time but Goode altered it into a skirt and blouse. The cowboy came from a go-kart track in Garland, TX. Both of the Big Johns were from bowling alleys (although originally, they were at Big John grocery stores). Goode has several Muffler Man molds in his shop. For more Big Johns, see this page. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
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