Tag: 1970s

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Back in Time Tour 2016
Ever wish you could go back to the good ol’ days, when truckers were the Knights of the Road and a sweet COE was the epitome of cool? Todd Campbell and Kevin Young not only wished it – they’re making it happen. …
May 18, 2016
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Overdrive Extra
When filmmakers hit the road with 1970s owner-operators
After interviewing drivers at a late 1970s truck show, the film collective Optic Nerve spent six weeks crossing the country to record drivers for a 30-minute documentary.
December 21, 2015
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Custom Rigs
Craig Ryan’s 1965 International CO4000: Lookback photos, more
Craig Ryan gives a personal account of his brief time trucking leased to Dart and otherwise hauling bees in the 70s and shares photos of his 1965 International CO4000 cabover.
January 27, 2015
“The Kenworth dealer was right across the street from the Dart terminal in St. Paul, and I used to go over and eye the new K100s all the time. If I’d have been smart I would have taken the money I’d saved and gotten into a better truck, and stayed with Dart running for myself. I guess I just wasn’t mature enough to know the difference yet.” –Craig Ryan on the KW dealer pictured above in the 1970s
Channel 19
R.I.P. Sheriff ‘Cottonmouth’ — Ernest Borgnine dead at 95
The trucking-film classic “Convoy” costar played a sherriff who used CB subterfuge in attempts to undermine a group of protesting haulers in the 1970s Sam Peckinpah flick.
July 9, 2012
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Channel 19
Evel Knievel’s driver and the 1973 Overdrive interview
Unearthing the history behind Evel Knievel’s 1970s touring operation with former driver Mike Draper. Bonus: Videos of the old Mack haul rig, currently undergoing restoration.
March 12, 2012
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