Mercury Electric's electric Mercury

[Chuck Most]

The Moebius 67 Ford service truck comes with door decals for a business called Mercury Electric. Morgan Automotive Detail makes a Mercury conversion set for the '65/6 F-100. So I combined these things and thought what if this Mercury Electric built an electric Mercury shop truck? Since I'd borrowed the 4x4 chassis from the '66 long bed kit for another project, I made a new chassis so the truck would have an "aired out" stance. The electric drive motor is rear mounted and is pretty much scratch built, along with the battery boxes and air tanks. The air suspension is controlled by a Play Station controller, which came from an AMT Rides Magazine kit. I used some old Pegasus Center Line wheels, but narrowed them to fit the Toyo Proxes tires from a Revell tuner. The paint is Krylon- I was going for a look similar to my father's '66 F250 Custom Cab Camper Special. The colors on this were basically a test for a future replica of that one. I used the six-cylinder "gear and lightning bolt" hood medallion, to carry the electric theme. Under the hood you'll find a stereo amp and the air tank for the front airbags in lieu of an engine. I went relatively easy on the rust and just tried for a general worn looking appearance. 

[Painted Black]

KOOL....

[ChrisR]

VERY NICE!!

[cobraman]

Good looking truck. Nice paint job.

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Very beautiful build sir!  It looks like a real one with the landscape in the background.  A smart way to modernize a classic truck with the latest trends! ?

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Chuck!

Great idea, and superb execution. Bravo!

And the wind farm in the background is "in the theme" to say the least...

CT

[Koellefornia Kid]

Looks great Chuck! And you really nailed the electric theme withe the power train, decals and the photo background! Well played!

[Chuck Most]

I wasn't even taking the wind turbines into consideration, but yeah, it works.  

[PappyD340]

On 12/17/2020 at 1:03 PM, Koellefornia Kid said:

Looks great Chuck! And you really nailed the electric theme withe the power train, decals and the photo background! Well played!

I couldn't agree more!

[Kris Morgan]

Too cool man.

[Steve H]

Hi Chuck, yet another awesome build sir. Love the idea, and as always, you executed perfectly. Those colours are perfect on that truck, reminds me of my favourite colour combo for a 56 Chev Bel air. I agree with the others that the wind farm in the background is a nice touch. Keep ‘me coming!

Cheers, Steve

[Beau Arthur]

Crazy Cool!

[Steve H]

On 12/21/2020 at 7:37 AM, Steve H said:

Hi Chuck, yet another awesome build sir. Love the idea, and as always, you executed perfectly. Those colours are perfect on that truck, reminds me of my favourite colour combo for a 56 Chev Bel air. I agree with the others that the wind farm in the background is a nice touch. Keep ‘me coming!

Cheers, Steve

Oops! Keep ‘em coming! BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH spell check!!!  Yikes....

[BeakDoc]

Saving the planet in style! What a cool idea. The execution is even better. Beautiful.

[slusher]

Great build Chuck!

[thatz4u]

great idea, Chuck, great detail, like it a lot

[misterNNL]

Great overall theme+ top shelf workmanship+slick and high res photos= extreme coolness.

[Lunajammer]

Shocking!

[53gmc]

Too cool!

 

[Belugawrx]

COOL??

[H.A.K]

Thats really neat.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Brudder, that's some appearance! Great imagination and execution. Nice paint and super fine detailing. Such a nice job. Thanks for posting.

[Zippi]

Low, lean, and electrifying.  Pretty kewl looking pickup.

[spencer1984]

Glad this got bumped, I missed it before. Excellent work!

[Mattilacken]

Really nice build! Love everything about it! Wouldn’t mind some mor photos of the electronic mumbo jumbo ?