Photo Gallery: Trucking in 1977 (Part II)

CCJ Staff (CCJ)

Feb 25, 2014

Updated Feb 26, 2014

Welcome, truckers, to 1977: Trucking was popular. And the times were good. Check out these images pulled from the CCJ Archives for a glimpse of trucking the way it was in the “Me Decade!”

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