Factory Five Customer Erik H. Builds All-Electric 818S!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by in What's New

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Erik (right) attended last year’s Factory Five Open House.  We grabbed this photo of him with Sally (left) and Tony (middle).

Erik Hansen runs a company called 33 Machine (moonlights from his day job).  He sponsored the Factory Five Huntington Beach for the past few years, and has built an award-winning ’33 Hot Rod.

When the 818 was launched, Erik pioneered the idea of building an all-electric version, perhaps taking a page Tesla’s playbook.  The car is set to debut at the 2014 Huntington Beach Cruise-In (Saturday, April 26th).  Check out the videos of Erik’s progress to date.

Dave Smith
President


Get a sneak peek at Erik’s electric 818S in the trailer above.


Erik and his pit crew test the electric 818 around their shop.

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Follow along with Erik’s electric 818S progress on The Factory Five Forum.

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