A magic time and place
In most carriers shops, you would find split rim tires and either Jonny cash or Paul Harvey on the shop radio. Across town you could always find some kids at the local hobby store, trying to find that new model truck kit that resembled that special truck they seen rolling through town, that was somehow different from most other trucks, it had a special look to it, that was intriguing. At the same time the truckers would pull into town, and drool over some muscle car that was parked outside the cafe. Perhaps it was that road runner or barracuda, jacked up in the back with mag wheels, or that GTO with side pipes on it. Everyone had a radar detector, and CB radio. Truckers were looked at as the good guys, and folks would eagerly gather around the coffee counter to hear about places like Chicago and New York. Somehow truckers were able to make America seem exciting to folks, so much so that even Hollywood jumped onboard with shows like Moving on, and BJ and the bear. And that's the way it was, September 14th 1978.