Muffler Men Were all Designed as Paul Bunyan

Even if the phrase "Muffler Man" may not be widely known, you probably already know what it means. Huge fibreglass statues of men can be found all over America, luring tourists to roadside attractions, diners, tourist traps, and occasionally muffler shops. Nearly all of them were created by the same manufacturer, International Fiberglass, and they all began to appear in the 1960s and persisted in popularity until the 1970s.

Paul Bunyan served as the model for the majority of the statues that became popular across the nation. These 22-foot tall creatures may have had their beards filled in or had new chests added, but when they were first conceived, they were all the same lumberjack.

For a petrol station in Las Vegas, the company created a Paul Bunyan, and the owner was featured in a trade publication where she was reported as saying that as a result, her sales increased by a factor of two. This encouraged other companies to fund their own giants. Some were even transformed into women while others became cowboys. There are still a few dozen dispersed over the nation, despite their rarity nowadays.