Rodding USA

Time for a Street Rod

Jess Roman is the youngest of three brothers and all of them are cars guys. While his older brothers were into low riders and muscle cars, not Jess, it was the hot rod which was his choice. Around the age of 19 or 20, he acquired his first car, actually a truck; a 1956 Ford pickup to be exact. He drove that ‘56 pickup with pride.

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