Alternative Cars

[1] The company was founded by Russell Hooper, a medical supply representative, as Kit Kars Limited in 1984.

Initially the company operated from the owner's home, until moving to a small 600 square foot workshop in Auckland.

[2] Many kit car companies in the United Kingdom were using the Herald as a donor vehicle because it provided all the mechanical parts required.

[3] Alex Rohde, who had developed the one piece body mould for the T Mark 2 was contracted and consulted from 1997 to make all the steel work for the T car including the steel/brass grills.

By 2000 Hooper decided to develop a model for left hand drive markets, primarily the United States.

It won the Peoples Choice trophy at Knotts Berry Farm and was shown at the Carlisle National Kit Car Show in Pennsylvania.

[6] [7] During the model's life the grill was modified from the Mark 1 to a fiberglass replica of the TF, then ABS plastic, steel, and eventually brass.

[8] The TG Sports 1955 is a semi-built or turnkey minus vehicle aimed at the export markets.