Lauterbach Tire Muffler Man.

Lauterbach Tire Muffler Man

Springfield, Illinois

Type: Bunyan

Arm position: Standard

Accessories: Tire

This original International Fiberglass lumberjack was purchased in the mid-1960s to advertise Springfield's Midtown Tire Service. Several years later, the business shuttered and the fiberglass figure moved on to Farmersville to the Roundup Cafe. By 1978, the newly dubbed "Lauterbach Giant" was back in Springfield hawking tires again. His head was blown off by a tornado in 2006, but the locally-famous "Lauterbach Giant" was quickly re-capitated.

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Lauterbach Tire Muffler Man

Lauterbach Tire

Address:: 1569 Wabash Ave., Springfield, IL
Directions:: Lauterbach Tire. On the southwest side of the city, on Wabash Ave./Hwy 54, five blocks west of MacArthur Ave. On the north side.
Phone:: 217-546-2600
RA Rates:: Worth a Detour

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