Tag: 1970s trucking

Custom Rigs

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend: 1974 Diamond Reo conventional

Don Christner learns the history behind Junior Elmore's 1974 Diamond Reo and gets an inside look into a "lazy man's truck." Step back in time with Overdrive.

May 30, 2018

Custom Rigs

Race-winning V12 KW still in action after four decades

As seen in the short film from Overdrive’s late-1970s N.J. diesel drag races, the winning rig alive and kicking four decades later -- and one race attendee's reflections on trucking enthusiasm through the decades.

May 24, 2016

Channel 19

A '70s film at Overdrive's diesel drag races, and a 'Back in Time' tour

In 2016, a late-1970s short film on U.S. trucking, via Overdrive’s Englishtown, New Jersey, truck drag racing event, provided a clear window back in time, including a glimpse of Overdrive’s founder. This 60th-anniversary special takes you there ...

May 19, 2016

Voices

‘America respected and loved truckers a lot more back then’

Six-million-mile man Gregg Blair, now retired, remembers a long career.

July 4, 2014

Channel 19

Cabover fanatics, this one’s for you: 1973 K100 vid

Bill Bradford’s video of the restoration of his antique Kenworth COE.

June 25, 2012