Curtiss Warhawk

And after a brief move to San Francisco, California, the next year, moved to a prototype shop in New Orleans, Louisiana,

. The company's first motorcycle rolled off the production line there on November 11, 1994.

To 2001. After going bankrupt

Confederate recovered

And produced a second generation of Hellcats, about 75 total. After the severe factory damage in August 2005 by Hurricane Katrina interrupted production, Confederate moved its corporate headquarters and assembly operations to a building in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

And anticipated the sale of 30 bikes

Due to the recession. Even though Confederate's buyers are too rich to be affected by the economic downturn, company founder Matt Chambers said during the recession, "it was very fashionable to not be buying a high-end luxury product like ours."

The company moved to a larger facility in Birmingham. Confederate produced 130 G3 Hellcats.