Chicopee, Massachusetts - Muffler Man - Big White Guy

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Address:
295 Burnett Road, Chicopee, MA
Directions:
Plantation Inn of New England, near the Chicopee Lanes bowling alley and facing the Mass Turnpike plaza.

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Chicopee, Massachusetts - Muffler Man - Big White Guy
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Chicopee Muffler Man. Chicopee, Massachusetts - Top-Hatted Mutant Muffler Man

Muffler Man iconIn a former life, this statue was the Uncle Sam that stood in front of Mutual Ford in Springfield, MA, until 1999. Now painted completely white, with a softish-Muffler Man head and top hat. He appears to be a mix of liquor branding gentility: the top-hatted Johnny Walker with the white-suited Jack Daniels. The catchphrase of The Plantation Inn is "Southern hospitality in New England." The Big White Guy appears to serve as a visual marker for the C-5As that lumber continuously overhead, landing at a nearby Air Force base. [Roadsideamerica.com Team, 07/19/2005]

Chicopee Man. Chicopee, Massachusetts - Top-Hatted Mutant Muffler Man

Muffler Man iconThe big guy identified in an earlier tip. [Rich Birley, 05/19/2001]

[RA: This is a puzzling mixture of "Service Station Man" arm positioning, and an ersatz M-Man head with overly defined eyes, nose and lips...]

Chicopee, Massachusetts - Muffler Man

Muffler Man iconA very tall Muffler Man-type statue greets you as you exit the Massachusetts Turnpike tollbooth at the Route 291 exit in Chicopee/Springfield. It has a good resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, if he were dressed up as a waiter. The statue is dressed in an all-white suite with a white top hat. It's waving at you, apparently welcoming you to the city or congratulating you for surviving the most boring part of the Turnpike. [Doug Grandin, 04/15/2001]

Chicopee, Massachusetts - Muffler Man - Service Station Man

Muffler Man iconAt exit 6 off the Mass. Turnpike. Been there about 6 months. Formerly at a car dealer in Springfield for 30+ years. It was painted like Uncle Sam. When the dealership folded it was moved to the Plantation Inn and painted white like a southern gentleman. [Thom Page, 08/11/1999]

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