Awesome Overdrive: Trucking in 1977

Jun 20, 2014

Updated Jun 25, 2014

If CCJ was trucking publishing’s version of The Beatles back in the ’70s, then Overdrive was its version of The Rolling Stones — darker, edgier and — as this photo gallery shows — far more likely to be drinking, taking drugs and hanging out with hot chicks.
Today, CCJ’s sister publication is a respected business magazine for Owner-Operators. But back in 1977, Overdrive was a very different beast altogether.

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