Is this the rarest fully electric truck in the world?

An Emergency Meeting Was Necessary!

An emergency meeting had to be called. Not the corporate kind. The kind where a car guy shows up emotionally unprepared for what he is about to witness.

Travis Milton from Rods and Mods did something unholy. Blasphemous, even. The kind of decision that makes purists clutch their pearls and engineers grin like kids who found fireworks.

The Victim: A 1956 Mercury M100

Travis owns a 1956 M100, the Canadian Mercury version of the Ford F100. These trucks are rare. This one is next-level rare.

It has the big back window, a detail so uncommon that only three are known to exist. Travis searched for this truck for half his life. When he finally found it, it was already special.

Then he made it controversial.

A SEMA Reveal With a Twist

When Travis unveiled his SEMA 2025 lineup at Rods N Mods, several builds demanded attention. But one truck pulled everything else into the background.

The M100.

As I approached it, I already knew something was off. That feeling was confirmed the moment Travis casually explained what he had done.

What This Truck Used to Be

Originally, the M100 would have rolled off the line with a modest 292 wide block. Travis, being Travis, upgraded it to a 427 side oiler. One of the most iconic Ford engines ever built.

Had being the key word.

Because that engine is no longer there.

The Blasphemy Explained

Travis gutted the truck and rebuilt it as a fully electric Electromod.

Yes, fully electric.

This 1956 Mercury M100 now produces 600 foot pounds of torque, 500 horsepower, and runs all wheel drive. It is a one of one build. No blueprint. No precedent. Just audacity.

Friends begged him not to do it. Multiple people tried to talk him out of it. Even Travis admits it was gut wrenching to go through with it.

And then he did it anyway.

Inside the Electric M100

The interior confirms this truck is no longer pretending to be vintage. Suicide doors open to a stripped, exposed rear that shows exactly how the machine works. No unnecessary panels. No hiding the madness.

A digital dash replaces analog nostalgia. There is no heat, no exhaust system, no oil lines, no fuel tank.

This truck runs on electrons and bad ideas.

Has Anyone Driven It Yet?

The build had been tested, but only partially. Motors were spun. Systems were verified. The cab had been driven before the full body was assembled.

But no one had taken it out as a finished truck.

Which raised an obvious question.

Becoming the First Driver

Somehow, Travis agreed to let me drive it.

No pressure. No ceremony. Just “someone has to be first.”

That someone turned out to be me.

The First Drive Experience

Turning the key feels wrong. There is no startup sound. No vibration. Just silence and a digital confirmation that the truck is alive.

Press the brake. Engage drive. Release.

It moves effortlessly.

The torque is instant. The sensation is surreal. A 1956 truck moving with modern electric smoothness feels like reality bending slightly out of shape.

No exhaust note. No fuel smell. Just controlled violence delivered quietly.

What Lives Under the Hood Now

The legendary 427 side oiler is gone. In its place are dual electric motors, one up front and one in the rear, connected through planetary gear systems.

The result is full-time all wheel drive with absurd torque delivery. The truck is capable of all wheel burnouts, though no one in their right mind would try that with a SEMA-bound show car.

The system is intentionally tuned down. Not because it has to be, but because restraint still exists. Barely.

A Mad Scientist’s Success

This M100 is not a restomod. It is not a tribute. It is not a conversion done for convenience.

It is a statement.

A rare historic truck rebuilt to challenge what people think should be preserved versus what can be reinvented.

And somehow, I got to drive it first.

Final Thoughts

A 1956 Mercury M100 with no gas, no oil, and no exhaust should not make sense.

Yet here we are.

Travis Milton is a mad scientist, and this truck is proof that reverence for history does not mean freezing it in time.

SEMA is not ready.

Stay tuned.