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1969 Automobile Quarterly piece on the Puma
1970's Puma GTE & GTS Sales Brochure
1971 Motor Trend Article on the Puma
1972 Safer Motoring Article on the Puma
1973 Chequered Flag brochure on the Puma with an interesting article featuring Emerson Fittipaldi
1977 Volkswagen Greats Magazine Article on the Puma
1977 Dune Buggies and Hot Vws Magazine Article on the Puma
1977 Claude's Buggies, Inc. Ad for the Puma
1981 Dune Buggies and Hot Vws Magazine Article on the top cars of Brazil
1980's Canadian GTI / GTC Brochure provided by Roberto Di Blasio (Thanks Roberto!)
1987 Vw Trends Magazine Article featuring a drag racing Puma GTI
1997 Kit Car Magazine Article on the Puma
200? French VW Magazine Article featuring a very nice Puma GT Tubarao
2003 VW Trends Article on the history of the Puma
2003 VW Trends Article with my car in it
2003 VW Trends Article on my car
2004 VW Trends Article mentioning Alan and Alfredo's (www.purringpumas.com) GTS
No. 2 Old Cars Article on the Puma P-018 (Portuguese)
No. 2 Old Cars Article on Antique Auto Racing Including a Puma DKW (Portuguese)
No. 4 Old Cars Article on the Puma GTE, GTS & GTB (Portuguese)
No. 7 Old Cars Article on the Puma P-018 (Portuguese)
No. 9 Old Cars Article on the history of the Puma (Portuguese)
No. 9 Old Cars Article on a restoration of a GTE (Portuguese)
No. 4 Opala & Cia Article on the Puma GTB (Portuguese)
No. 9 Antigos de Garagem Article on the Puma vs. the Bianco (Portuguese)
No. 9 Antigos de Garagem Article on the Carros Antigos Race Series (Portuguese)
No. 2 Esportivos Brasileiros Article on the Rino Malzoni & the Birth of Puma (Portuguese)
No. 2 Esportivos Brasileiros Article on the GT Malzoni (Portuguese)
No. 2 Esportivos Brasileiros Article on the Puma DKW, GT, GT Spider, GTB, P018, AMV & AM3 (Portuguese)
No. 2 Esportivos Brasileiros Article on Brazilian Cars with Italian Style (Portuguese)
2007 Brochure on the South African Puma currently being manufactured
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A special thanks to David Riedle for sending me some great quality scans of brochures on the Puma.
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The Puma GT 4R Quatro Rodas
In 1968, L. Bilyk, marketing director of the Brazilian motor magazine Quatro Rodas, was interested in conducting a promotional campaign to increase sales of the magazine. To this purpose, he hired the Puma factory to make a special limited edition of three sports cars which were to be raffled off among the magazine's readers.
An enthusiastic group composed of Rino Malzoni, Anisio Campos, Milton Masteguim, and Jorge Lettry was immediately involved in the project. After one year of work, the first car was delivered. The prototype was made in steel, as a mold, at Rino Malzoni's farm "Chimbo" near Sao Paulo. After a series of hard tests, the prototype was used at the Puma factory to make the 3 fiberglass production cars.
The production cars were painted metallic maroon, blue, and green. The interior of all three cars was finished in tan leather. J. Lettry decided to use a 1600 cc VW engine (two Solex 32), and for added stopping power, the GT 4R was equipped with front disc brakes.
The Puma Quatro Rodas seen in the picture was found in 1997, near perfect, with 72,000 km on the odometer. Following a cosmetic restoration, it has been used regularly including in rallye competition.
The PUMA GT 4R was a completely Brazilian project. It represents an outstanding effort in automotive design and construction, particularly considering the technical conditions at the time in Brazil.
Article written by Antonio Araujo Pinho
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