OVERVIEW
Off-Road Vehicles was a general off-road oriented title and covered off-road racing including Baja, dune buggies, Detroit 4-wheel drive trucks, motorcycles, and snow mobiles How-to articles featured both technical aspects and practical matters like tophographical map reading. It was published by Argus Publishers Corporation, whose founder Gordon Behn had previously worked for Petersen Publishing as the circulation manager.

The magazine was started as a quarterly magazine with the first issue in the Summer, 1969. After the first year, it went to a bi-monthly schedule, and then monthly with the July, 1972 issue. Around the same time, the title was changed to Off-Road Vehicles & Adventure. After the May, 1974 issue, it was re-titled again to Off-Road.

PUBLICATION DATA:
At the point where the title changed in 1975, the publisher reported an average monthly net paid circulation of just under 12,000.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 40 issues were printed from Summer 1969 through May 1974, and all images are complete.

1968 1969
1968/1969 Vol 1 No 1
Fall 1969
Fall '69 Vol 1 No 2
Winter 1969
Winter '69 Vol 1 No 3
Spring 1970
Spring '70 Vol 2 No 1
May June 1970
May/June '70 Vol 2 No 2
July August Aug 1970
Jul/Aug '70 Vol 2 No 3
Sept September October Oct 1970
Sept/Oct '70 Vol 2 No 4
Nov November December Dec 1970
Nov/Dec '70 Vol 2 No 5
Jan January February Feb 1971
Jan/Feb '71 Vol 3 No 1
Mar March April Apr 1971
Mar/Apr '71 Vol 3 No 2
May June 1971
May/June '71 Vol 3 No 3
July August 1971
Jul/Aug '71 Vol 3 No 4
Sept September October Oct 1971
Sept/Oct '71 Vol 3 No 5
Nov November December Dec 1971
Nov/Dec '71 Vol 3 No 6
Jan January February Feb 1972
Jan/Feb '72 Vol 4 No 1
Mar March April Apr 1972
Mar/Apr '72 Vol 4 No 2
May June 1972
May/June '72 Vol 4 No 3
July 1972
Jul '72 Vol 4 No 4
Aug August 1972
Aug '72 Vol 4 No 5
New title
Sept September 1972
Sept '72 Vol 4 No 6
Oct October 1972
Oct '72 Vol 4 No 7
Nov November 1972
Nov '72 Vol 4 No 8
Dec December 1972
Dec '72 Vol 4 No 9
Jan January 1973
Jan '73 Vol 5 No 1
Feb February 1973
Feb '73 Vol 5 No 2
Mar March 1973
Mar '73 Vol 5 No 3
Apr April 1973
Apr '73 Vol 5 No 4
May 1973
May '73 Vol 5 No 5
June 1973
June '73 Vol 5 No 6
July 1973
Jul '73 Vol 5 No 7
Aug August 1973
Aug '73 Vol 5 No 8
Sept September 1973
Sept '73 Vol 5 No 9
Oct October 1973
Oct '73 Vol 5 No 10
Nov November 1973
Nov '73 Vol 5 No 11
Dec December 1973
Dec '73 Vol 5 No 12
Jan January 1974
Jan '74 Vol 6 No 1
Feb February 1974
Feb '74 Vol 6 No 2
Mar March 1974
Mar '74 Vol 6 No 3
Apr April 1974
Apr '74 Vol 6 No 4
May 1974
May '74 Vol 6 No 5
Last issue b/4 re-title