I think they were just like a Kula really, except US-built and custom-painted. Same tubes, same weight, according to the 1996 catalogue and the 97 tech specs, except the Ku had Easton Elite stays but the Kula had generic 7005 stays.
If any were built in 1995, I don't know who built them. Tom Teesdale says he was still building the Hot then, but he doesn't say he ever built any Kus. From 1996, Altitude Cycles (formed after Mountain Goat closed) built them and then after that folded, from early 97 a new firm called Enigma Design and Manufacturing took over the contract. One of the principals contributed to a thread on here and said that their contract was to build 50 Kus and 50 Hots. I guess that was probably the production run for some of the 97 model year and the (final) 98 model year. The paint was done by a company called Velographics in Washington State, nearby the Kona offices I guess.
Here are some pictures, including the one Jez referred to.