The Muffler man advertising icons, roadside attractions or satnds for decorative purposes in front of businesses, mostly in America.

The first figure was a Paul Bunyan character designed to hold an axe he was approximately 18–25 feet tall.

The axe got replaced to hold full-sized car mufflers, tires, or other items promoting various roadside businesses, most car related.
Therefore the name Muffler Man.

Most of the molds were built by International Fiberglass of Venice, California. Today they are no longer manufactured.

Some artist like Mark Cline bought some the old molds an redesigned it for other kinds of giant statues, like the Ice Cream Jerk, Cowboy and a giant Cyborg.

Muffler Men are very valuable and pricey. Many of them still exist throughout around of states across America with some also in Canada.

On Route 66 are many of them displayed, like the Gemini Giant, Tall Paul, Lauterbach Man, Harley Davidson Man, Dude Man, etc.

Besides you find many more Muffler Men and it’s clones or mutants, around the country, advertising diverse businesses or they are standing in the yard of some collectors like in Unger, WV.

There is even a female version named Uniroyal Gal.

The Happy Half Wit
The originally called him Mortimer Snerd after ventriloquist Edgar Bergen’s puppet. The Half Wits have faces that resemble Alfred E. Neuman of MAD magazine.
They are a variant on the classic Muffler Man and were made by International Fiberglass.

The Original Muffler Man

• The Muffler is made out of Fiberglass
• He is made from a mold
• He his hollow inside
• He is 14-25 foot tall from shoe to head
• He has a squarish head and good facial bones
• He has short, dark hair, clean shaved
• His skin Color is white
• His arms are bent at elbow, left hand faces down, right faces up.
• He wears a (red) short-sleeved shirt, (blue) Jeans and big, blocky shoes.

The Bunyan Muffler Man

• The Muffler is made out of Fiberglass
• He is made from a mold
• He his hollow inside
• He is 14-25 foot tall from shoe to head
• He has a squarish head and good facial bones
• He has short, dark hair, he has a full beard
• His skin Color is white
• One arm is down one is up or arms are bent at elbow, left hand faces down, right faces up.
• He wears a colored short-sleeved shirt, and jeans in various colors and black shoes or boots
• He wears a cap (sometimes)

The Indian

• The Muffler is made out of Fiberglass
• He is made from a mold
• He his hollow inside
• He is 14-25 foot tall from shoe to head
• He has a rounder head and wise wrinkles
• He has longer dark hair (or pigtails)
• He wears feather trimming
• His skin color is brown (red)
• One arm is down one is up
• His torso I naked or
• He wears Indian clothes
• He wears moccasins

The Cowboy

• The Muffler is made out of Fiberglass
• He is made from a mold
• He his hollow inside
• He is 14-25 foot tall from shoe to head
• He has a squarish head and good facial bones
• He has short, dark hair, clean shaved
• He wears a cowboy head
• His skin Color is white
• His arms are bent at elbow, left hand faces down, right faces up.
• He wears a colored short-sleeved shirt, and jeans in various colors and black shoes or cowboy boots

The Happy Half Wit
The Happy Half Witt is made out of Fiberglass
He is made from a mold
He his hollow inside
He is 14-25 foot tall from shoe to head
He has a face resembles Alfred E. Neuman
He has short, red hair, clean shaved he has freckles
He wears a big head
His skin Color is white
His arms are bent at elbow, left hand faces down, right faces up.
He wears a colored short-sleeved shirt, and jeans in various colors and black shoes or cowboy boots