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For just a single year, Dodge dealers beat the depressing 1970s with a hot rod pickup truck that had a 7.2-liter V8

One of the most famous trucks to wear a Dodge badge is the Li’l Red Express Truck. The lore of the Li’l Red Express was ...
Motor Trend

11 Cool 1970s Trucks You Can Pick Up for Under $30,000

The 1970s were a time of transition for pickups in America as they began a shift away from their traditional role as purely workaday rigs to legitimate daily drivers. This was largely due to an ...
Business Insider

A trucker in his late 70s who can't afford to retire shares the big regret he made decades ago that may have changed his circumstances

Hank Faber has been a trucker for more than 35 years. He turned to trucking after bad weather forced him to sell his farms in the '80s. He still works part time because he can't afford to retire, and ...
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Five Decades Ago, Dodge Tried To Rule Trucking With A Truck That Was Already Old When It Was New

Automakers tend to stay out of the market for Class 8 trucks. If you’re a trucker today, you aren’t going to buy a new highway tractor with General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler badging. But this wasn’t ...
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Truckers Have Been Planning Strikes on Social Media Since the 1970s

The anti-vaccine trucker protests that have paralyzed Ottawa and tested Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have driven home a few points. First, truckers are logistics professionals, and they are ...
Southeast Missourian

Truckers sing about Skynyrd and growing up in the South

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It was complicated growing up in Alabama in the 1970s, says Patterson Hood, leader of the Drive-By Truckers. Gov. George Wallace was the public face of the state. Hood was the son ...
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Truck and bus enthusiasts convoy in Conneaut

CONNEAUT — Vehicle enthusiasts gathered for the third Truck and Bus Jambo at Truck World Saturday. People brought trucks they owned and restored from as far as New York, Michigan, Maine and Tennessee.