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Photo Gallery: Overdrive 1977 Part 2

Jack Roberts (CCJ)

Jun 26, 2014

Updated Jul 2, 2014

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It’s hard not to look back on trucking in the 1970s with a sense of wonder. Here are more photos from CCJ’s (then) grungier sister magazine, Overdrive from 1977 (and a few from ’76).

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