Rodding USA

In the Right Place at the Right Time

f it weren't for my 1956 Ford Pickup, I never would've found these two cars. My great friend who owned a shop, Mike de Matteo's Street Rods, let me use it to get some work done on the truck. It was a Tuesday in April 2017, and I called him up and told him I needed to put a kick down on the truck, and he called the parts house to order one for me. He told me that it might be a while until it was in. I didn't want to wait for it, but it was the same price as ordering it online, and I preferred to support the local business. By Friday, the parts house called and said they could deliver the kick down to Mike's shop

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