Dallas, Texas: Muffler Man
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Bud & Ben Muffler and Front End Service
- Address:
- 308 W Illinois Ave., Dallas, TX
- Directions:
- Bud & Ben Muffler and Front End Service, I-35E Illinois Avenue exit.
- Phone:
- 214-942-1666
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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One of four Muffler Men statues in Dallas, but the only one with a human-like head.
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Kenneth Johnson of Cleburne was a country boy who learned to weld for the railroad. He went to Atlanta to learn the muffler business, then came back to Dallas and became the founder and owner of Ken's Muffler Shops in Dallas, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Houston. Ken eventually purchased five Muffler Men as signage for his various shops; the first was the one at I-35 and Illinois Avenue. This location was named Bud and Ken Muffler from 1965-1967; Bud was Ken's brother-in-law. When they ended their business partnership the name was changed to Bud and Ben Muffler. Ken then expanded, placing Alfred E. Neumann Muffler Men at three of his shops in Dallas and one in Beaumont.
Ken passed in 2021 at the age of 92. Kenneth Johnson was my dad.
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