Built from 1946 to 1968, the Mercury M-Series was basically a rebadged version of the Ford F-series meant for the Canadian market. This street-rod custom job started its life as a 1965 Mercury M100 (or Ford F100 in the US) and then underwent a radical transformation starting in 2011, according to the owner. Let’s take a quick look at this awesome custom pickup.
Rarer Than Rare
This 1965 Mercury M100 street-rod was built by hot rod designer and builder Ken Currie, who commenced work in 2011. After four years of restoration and customization works, Currie completed the M100 street-rod. Its unique, awesome looks allowed it to earn Hot Rod Magazine's Top Ten Trucks award and be featured on the cover of several automotive magazines.
What’s so unique about this 1965 Mercury M100? Let’s start with its exterior that is wrapped in a Jamaican Yellow finish with custom black pin-striping. It features an all-steel reverse tilt front end marked by a chrome grille and chrome white Halo LED headlamps. It also features chrome-red Ford "Lighting Bolt" hood badge, as well as fabricated hood opening.
Its stylebox steel bed is hugged by a black leather snap-down tonneau cover and features a black bed liner. This street-rod rides on 18- and 20-inch American Racing Torq Thrust wheels shod with Nitto Neo-Gen all-season ultra-high performance tires.
Gray Leather Interior
The Jamaican Yellow theme also extends inside this 1965 Mercury M100 street-rod, matched with gray leather on the seat (from 1996 Ford F150) and door panels. Its Outlaw black leather three-spoke steering wheel (with Ford horn button) is complemented by Chrome Sunpro Super Tach III, white dolphin gauges and chrome dash knobs.
Underpinned by a black 1991 Ford F150 chassis, the Mercury M100 street-rod features an entertaining cabin packed with Soundstream speakers with external tweeters, subwoofers, a 300W Amplifier and a custom designed black headliner.
650 HP Of Whooping Power
Performance-wise, this 1965 Mercury M100 street-rod is powered by a 383 ci Stroker V8 mill from BluePrint Engines with various custom parts and components. As tuned, this dynamic V8 mill – cooled by a high-performance aluminum radiator – can provide up to 650 hp of max power, as sent to the Ford 8.8-inch rear end through a Ford five-speed manual transmission. Looking good!
Source: Classiccars