OVERVIEW
O.R.V. was published by Challenge Publications. Like its competitors in this space, the magazine was a general off-road oriented title and covered off-road racing, Detroit 4-wheel drive trucks, featured off-road vehicles and how-to articles. It had the tag line, "The Magazine of Off-Roading".

The magazine was started with the November, 1976 issue. In addition to Ed Schnepf as the publisher, editorial duties were handle by Brian Brennan and Richard Johnson. The technical editor was Joe Mayall, and Neal East handled feature articles. "Tex" Smith provided executive support in the beginning.

The title was published through May, 1978, then was re-titled as Popular Off-Roading.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 19 issues were produced. All cover images are complete, and many table of content pages are also included.

ORV Nov November 1976
Nov '76 Vol 1 No 1
ORV Dec December 1976
Dec '76 Vol 1 No 2
ORV Jan January 1977
Jan '77 Vol 2 No 1
ORV Feb February 1977
Feb '77 Vol 2 No 2
ORV Mar March 1977
Mar '77 Vol 2 No 3
ORV Apr April 1977
Apr '77 Vol 2 No 4
ORV May 1977
May '77 Vol 2 No 5
ORV June 1977
June '77 Vol 2 No 6
ORV July 1977
July '77 Vol 2 No 7
ORV Aug August 1977
Aug '77 Vol 2 No 8
ORV Sept September 1977
Sept '77 Vol 2 No 9
ORV Oct October 1977
Oct '77 Vol 2 No 10
ORV Nov November 1977
Nov '77 Vol 2 No 11
ORV Dec December 1977
Dec '77 Vol 2 No 12
ORV Jan January 1978
Jan '78 Vol 3 No 1
ORV Feb February 1978
Feb '78 Vol 3 No 2
ORV Mar March 1978
Mar '78 Vol 3 No 3
ORV Apr April 1978
Apr '78 Vol 3 No 4
ORV May 1978
May '78 Vol 3 No 5
LAST ISSUE