I remember those buggies all over the island as they belonged to 2 car rental companies. They were the Puma Buggy, made in the island due to a commercial agreement with the italian Co. that originally made them form Vw chassis...
They were so common and important in the island that even the factory catalogue pictured a photo taken in the south of tenerife (in el Medano) in the cover. We couls see eleven people onto the Puma with the Hotel el Medano at the back...
This model was later sold to the Spanish Mainland (Peninsula) as a 2nd hand car known as Buggy Gofio (popular cereals made from corn flour in the islands...)
A second version was the Puma GT, sharper nose also 4 seaters and could even be equipped with soft top, hard top or gullwings doors...
Only a few remain from a lot that outnumbered 200, but little by little they are rebirthing again from dull garages and bushy ravines...
This photo is an exaple of the gullwing-doors model.
They were so common and important in the island that even the factory catalogue pictured a photo taken in the south of tenerife (in el Medano) in the cover. We couls see eleven people onto the Puma with the Hotel el Medano at the back...
This model was later sold to the Spanish Mainland (Peninsula) as a 2nd hand car known as Buggy Gofio (popular cereals made from corn flour in the islands...)
A second version was the Puma GT, sharper nose also 4 seaters and could even be equipped with soft top, hard top or gullwings doors...
Only a few remain from a lot that outnumbered 200, but little by little they are rebirthing again from dull garages and bushy ravines...
This photo is an exaple of the gullwing-doors model.
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