
Babe the Muffler Man, San Jose, Ca
Posted by:
WalruZ
N 37° 19.896 W 121° 54.349
10S E 596933 N 4132220
This Muffler Man is a Hockey Fan!
Waymark Code: WM1YC3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2007
Views: 145
Drive down The Alameda to number 808 in San Jose, and there you'll find Babe.

He's a classic Muffler Man and has been selling mufflers here since the 1960s. The story has it that he bears more than a passing resemblence to Babe, the owner of the business, who moved him downtown from a previous location in the Willow Glen neighborhood. He even has a name patch on his shirt that says "Babe".
He's not holding a muffler though. He's holding a Hockey stick.
Babe's is just a few blocks away from the arena where the San Jose Sharks play.
Yes, they sell mufflers...
But this is Shark's territory

and that's more important.
(Roadside America lists this as a Bunyan, but I just don't see it)