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.

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