Tire Pro Muffler Man
Muffler Man
George Boyd & Sons Tire Pro
3495 Norman Berry Drive
East Point, Georgia
submitted by: “Road Runner” (Bill)
Bill says:
Found a Muffler Man while travelling through East Point, ask Georgia. He is in front of a Tire Pro store. Instead of holding a muffler, diagnosis he is holding a tire.
wendyvee says:
Kudos to Boyd & Sons for taking care of this great big guy. Nothing makes my day like adding a new Muffler Man to the collection. Thanks, Bill!
crazy eyes AND levitating!
He’s like a magic muffler man!
Might be the ghost of Doug Henning in action 🙂
We have a muffler man that looks like Alfred E. Newman on our list of things to check out on our big road trip – if I could only remember what state he’s in! I’m thinking Beaumont TX. Time to hit the maps anyways- we leave tomorrow!
Yay! “Nit Wits” are cool. A friend of mine snagged one in Winslow, NJ (http://roadsidewonders.net/big-bill-the-half-wit/)
The closest that I’ve come to a Nit Wit was the Johnny Appleseed in Virginia – but I think he’s a custom job and not a Nit Wit (http://roadsidewonders.net/johnny-appleseed/)
Have WAY TOO MUCH fun at SXSW!
He looks like the lumberjack statue outside the Skydome at Northern Arizona University. Is that where this came from?
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No, but probably the same manufacturer. Many were produced decades ago for businesses to use for advertisement. The Paul Bunyan models generally held mufflers, tires, or other items in place of an axe.
Over the decades, some were restored and moved to various locations. The one at Northern Arizona University most likey once stood at a business along Route 66.
Yes, what some people call the Muffler Man, with a tire on his hand. Nice. Did it have to be bolted on the hand? Surely, it did. Way too dangerous to just let it rest there?