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60 years ago this month, Overdrive's first issue

It was 1961, truckers' numbers on the nation's roads were growing, and Overdrive founder and editor Mike Parkhurst was busy establishing an irreverent sense of humor with a serious tone as the Voice of the American Trucker ... download issue 1 here.

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60 years ago this month, Overdrive's first issue

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