{"id":667,"date":"2021-06-18T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/?p=667"},"modified":"2022-01-31T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:53:25","slug":"the-muffler-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/2021\/06\/18\/the-muffler-man\/","title":{"rendered":"The Muffler Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sculpted back in the 60\u2019s by the great sculptor Bill Swan for the International Fiberglass company, Muffler Men are giant fiberglass figures scattered across the USA. Used to draw attention for a variety of businesses, these statues are as popular today as they\u2019ve ever been. In 2015 I decided to reproduce them as foot tall miniatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE BUNYANS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First batch 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elmsford, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Evergreen Park, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Classic Paul Bunyan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lumberjack Louie from Flagstaff, AZ<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ocean City, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Phoenix, AZ<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Red Oak Trading Company in Coeburn, VA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Big Josh from Joshua Tree, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Big Mechanic from Dade City, FL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paul Bunyan & Babe from Riverbend Resort Sonoma County, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

MORTIMER SNERD a.k.a. HALF WIT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dallas, TX<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Winslow, NJ<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jackson, NJ<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Joel Baker’s<\/a> Snerd<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

CLEAN SHAVEN MUFFLER MEN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Havre De Grace, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Joliet, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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San Jose, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Compton, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Newport News, VA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Metairie, LA (original colors)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous Muffler Men:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transportation Museum in Pontiac, MI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Astro Oil<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Coney Island, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Texaco Big Friend<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Miniature of the Texaco Big Friend head on display at the Atomic Candy Shop in Denton, TX<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Atomic Candy <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

MUFFLER MAN KICKS ON ROUTE 66:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atlanta, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Wilmington, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Buck Atom fundraiser statue<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Buck Atom figures inside Buck Atom’s Cosmic Curios on 66 in Tulsa, OK<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chicken Boy: The Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sculpted back in the 60\u2019s by the great sculptor Bill Swan for the International Fiberglass company, Muffler Men are giant fiberglass figures scattered across the USA. Used to draw attention for a variety of businesses, these statues are as popular today as they\u2019ve ever been. In 2015 I decided to reproduce them as foot tall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,25,144,29,28,145],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-statues","tag-fiberglass-giants","tag-muffler-man","tag-muffler-men","tag-paul-bunyan","tag-roadside-america","tag-roadside-attraction"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sculptureisland.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}