1981 Puma GTI - SUBARU 1.8 SWAPPED WALK AROUND/DRIVE

This is my 1981 Puma GTI with a subaru 1.8 swap. We are located in Quebec Canada.

[@MOPCLinguistica]

Never imagined thered be a Puma in Canada. Kudoz from Brazil.

[@jimdr63]

I’ve seen a few of them around Southern Ontario Canada. I think there ap was once even a Puma Association of Canada. Cool car I want one.

[@ninja250rvs]

My father has one in Southern Ontario. I'm going to STI swap it one day.

[@ericbergeron9062]

They were sold in Québec for 2 years, in 1981-1982.

[@gabrielviniciuspadilha1]

Aqui no Brasil tem a versão mais potente dos puma que é o PUMAGTB/S1 E PUMAGTB/2 com motor 6 cilindros 4.1 litros 250 polegadas cúbicas

[@fabianocosta]

Here in Brazil .... there are several versions of PUMA. A very nice car, which accepts many adaptations. Including 2.5 engines of the new Subaru models with Radiator .... Congratulations on the car ....

[@mooosj]

That's a pretty nice car right there! Wasn't expecting to see a subaru-swapped canadian Puma when I woke up today.

[@pivaslifestyle7708]

nice to see a brazilian nugget outside the original country! just so you know the rear lights are from a early 80's VW FOX/VOYAGE, nice of you keeping the original magnesium wheels

[@hermeshenriquebarros8323]

This car is simply incredible Puma GTI is a wonderful car and to think it was made in Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@ericbergeron9062]

Elle est magnifique!!!! Mon bolide de rêve côté look. J'en ai eu une, pendant quelques années. Elle avait besoin de restauration majeure, j'avais aussi acheté une Porsche 914 ( vraiment finie ), j'avais prélevé le moteur ( 2.0 litres ), pour le mettre dans ma Puma. Malheureusement, des ennuis de santé m'ont empêché de mettre ce projet à terme.

[@marciomattos2386]

Saudações brasileiras! Ficou top! Parabéns! Brazilian greetings! It turned out great! Congratulations!

[@cesarsilva7649]

Vim pelo canal Garagem 96. Gostaria de te agradecer por preservar a história do nosso país em sua casa. Vc tem meu Sub apartir de agora

[@Purpleboy50]

Would love to see more videos on this thing, barely anything about Pumas on KZbin

[@scurry420]

my dad and i own pumas! i own a convertible and he has a hard top. That wing that u have is on my car too, it’s an original Puma wing

[@huikify]

That's awesome! Do you have an instagram or somewhere I can see your car with the wing?

[@euclidesbrito7317]

Brazil , car very good

[@captnjaygreybeard6394]

Awesome car, I would love to have one.

[@dprace1431]

🇧🇷😉 e nois né pai fico top

[@bacongoose8820]

Burro ele não brasileiro aprende a falar em inglês ele não vai te entender

[@jimdr63]

With all that glass under a hot summer sun, must be like driving in an Easy-Bake Oven... about the same size too 🙃😉

[@rafaelramos1081]

congrats from Brasil ! nice car !

[@andersoncandido8169]

It's a really cool car! I have a GTI 1981 and a GTE 1975. I love driving in the mountains with these cars. The rear flashlight of this model was used in VW Brasilia, a car made in Brazil and Mexico. Probably a difficult piece to find there in the United States .. but very cheap here in Brazil .. around $15 a pair ..

[@huikify]

I need a pair !

[@parkinoffp432]

I also need a pair of rear lights please email me on [e-mail] thanks

[@joaoramalho5421]

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[@thiagoaugustogenuino2733]

Parabéns pela sua puma gti sou fã delas tenho uma puma gte parabéns.

[@FlavioBraz]

Congrats it’s a great car, I have 01 yellow GTS 1980 and 01 white GTE 1978.

[@ericcosta4912]

Awesome 👏 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 please make more videos about this car .

[@henriquetocha]

Lindo carro, parabéns.

[@dansteps]

the real deal. best swap

[@JeraCravoMyself]

I was thinking about the same swap and I'm also in Quebec! I would remove the big wing. Everything else is perfect! Great job

[@pradogabriel]

Did you guys in Canada have the Puma too? How many?

[@freedun4961]

@@pradogabriel a small number of Pumas was exported to the US and Canada. Most were sold as kit cars (no drivetrain, front end or wheels).

[@supervisaotv5498]

The wing got too big, it could be a more discreet one. The engine change was very good.

[@iagofcardoso]

Belo exemplar! precisa de pequenos ajustes.

[@bacongoose8820]

Cara fala em inglês

[@asilaszaagernacalifornia5350]

It is so low...stunnig car...It looks like a Miura.

[@gte7362]

Brasil também sabe fabricar carros,e a puma ainda tá na ativa

[@bacongoose8820]

Ele não é brasileiro não vai te entender fale em inglês

[@wemustbecomemachines2012]

awesome

[@raycesar7]

Ficou bom, gostei.

[@bacongoose8820]

Cara vc n entende q ele não é brasileiro os caras q dirigem o carro não vão te entender aprende falar em inglês

[@spessato]

Orgulho

[@Blackblueassault]

Puma Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@br_spec]

I’d be glad to give you a pair of original taillights if you’re still looking; I am near Montreal. Recently got new ones for my Puma and have the originals laying around; they are old but in fair shape for the age. Let me know. Great Puma btw, love the video 👍

[@huikify]

Wow, that's super generous of you! I bought a new pair from brasil since I posted the video though!

[@br_spec]

@@huikify nice, glad to hear you got new ones!! Cheers!

[@gabriellemay3309]

i now know your license number😛 jokes aside you seem to know all about your amazing car and it makes me feel like you deserve it✌

[@huikify]

Gabriel Lemay thenk you vary much

[@eneiashicht]

Brasil Car Very good!!

[@aspen9102]

Neat

[@gabrielciupak6808]

❤🇧🇷Brasil🇧🇷❤👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@schuty2799]

Does this have the original transmission or did you have to switch that out as well? I just found one ten minutes from me and I'm thinking about rebuilding it

[@huikify]

original transmission with an adapter plate.

[@tonycavez]

i would have the radiator up front with an electric water pump to help circulating the coolant

[@huikify]

It's actually working fine with two big electric fans. I also have a brand new water pump now which helps. Im thinking of getting a new radiator for it though. Mine is a bit old and patched up.

[@tonycavez]

@@huikify enjoy it

[@texarkana3781]

Did you custom build the transmission adapter and motor mounts or is there a kit available?

[@huikify]

It's a custom adapter plate that an 85 year old mechanic still produces near Montreal, Canada.

[@leonelawBR]

Holy sh*t

[@Thunderbolt857]

Classic brazilian sports car

[@tonycavez]

you say it has some datsun look well this design is older than the Datsun Z it was made to resemble a Ferrari from 60's just look at a 1968 Puma

[@huikify]

It does look like and has similar dimensions as the Ferrari Dino, but no matter which one came first, it still has 240z-ish looking front end. Either way, people always ask me if it's a Porsche or a Z car..

[@sirlvcas7530]

@@huikify isso think the same, looks more a z than a Ferrari

[@allextavares1118]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏👏👏

[@jeffersonnunes7882]

Is like car

[@retroflash-fv1iu]

Ué oque os gringo ta fazendo com um carro brasileiro na garagem? Gostei do spoiler que o mlk coloco.

[@denissimpson3251]

Esse carro era exportado , EUA , Canadá , Europa ☺

[@retroflash-fv1iu]

@@denissimpson3251 nao sabia pensei que ele tinha sido barrado de entrar nos eua

[@TurtieSanders]

Hey Bro, super big fan of these. My neighbour actually has a 1981 GTI 1600 as well. I was wondering how you find your parts for this in Canada. I was able to track down engine parts(spark plugs, ign wiring etc.) by searching for a 1971 VW Thing which has the same 1.6 air cooled engine. Do you have a main source where you get your parts from? a certain website, or manufacturer? I know its a VW platform, do you know if beetle or rabbit parts fit on this car for brakes, wheels etc? I work at Part Source here in Sault Ontario and I'm actually having a very difficult time finding parts for his car. Part Source doesn't have Puma's as a vehicle listing and the VIN is Brazilian so I'm having a hard time. Let me know man, I'd appreciate it!

[@huikify]

I get the subaru parts from rockauto and the vw part from cip1! The hard part is to find the exact part needed since pumas have a shorter wheelbase so they need shorter clutch cables for example.

[@SaggyTofu]

What year of Beetles does the puma take?

[@ilanoliveira4237]

Puma was built from late 60s thru early 90s.

[@susanwylie2925]

Did you sell the Puma a while back? Saw it on Kijiji months ago. Let me know if you still have it and are looking to sell it. Thanks

[@huikify]

It might be up for sale again in a few months. I still own it but it is stored and I cant go get it right now with the Covid situation.

[@celiopuma1]

showwww

[@GTE_Channel]

Any updates on the car? Do you still own it?

[@huikify]

I do. The engine has been rebuilt this winter.. Unfortunately I cant go get it because of the quarantine. It might be for sale later this year.

[@gandhi_assuncao]

Dude, how did you get this car in Canada?

[@huikify]

They were sold in Ottawa in the early 80s. I’ve never seen another one in person, so they are quite rare here.

[@ericbergeron9062]

They were sold for 2 years in Québec/Ontario, 1981-1982.

[@mortearepublica1296]

Eu vou comprar a PUMA um dia e fazer dela uma das melhores montadoras de carros do mundo.

[@bacongoose8820]

Cara fala em inglês ele não vai te entender

[@JulioPerez-ee3eh]

Lanterna de Voyage Brasil

[@wislenramos]

Volkswagen Fox tail lights. Lanternas de VW Voyage.

[@aparanduhan6690]

Elle est tu a vendre? Je suis intéresser!

[@huikify]

Pas pour le moment, mais si tu veux m'envoyer un message avec tes informations je peux te laisser savoir si jamais je la vend.

[@jeffersonnunes7882]

how many hp?

[@huikify]

around 100hp, similar to the original engine. Not much but still great considering it weighs less than a miata.

[@PTTM2006]

Malade , elle a l'air drette, je ne pensais pas qu'une avait aussi bien survecue. As-tu fait le swap toi meme ou tu l'a acheté comme ca ? , y'avait plein de VW bus avec des 1.8 de Subaru

[@huikify]

Jenlai acheté comme ca, mais jai rebuild le moteur depuis!

[@josemicheli7179]

Nice car... congrats... do you have an e-mail to contact you... thanks Jose

[@huikify]

Hi, you can contact me at jlema031 @ uottawa . Ca

[@Berserkr01]

The Puma's design "evolved" with the times, but the engine remained the same VW air cooled shit! Brazilian investors just don't care about making exciting cars, and then complain that their brands disappeared!

[@lucasscalez]

In Brazil it is not available to import cars until 1991 and the national industry basically employed the Chevrolet 250 and the VW boxer, produced locally. You can see: Santa Matilde and Puma GTB, with GM 250 engine, fast cars. Puma and other Brazilian manufacturers have failed due to government protection of the "Big Four": Ford, Chevy, VW and Fiat

[@sneocatenaccio746]

Lucas Naves the law which make it is called Lei Ferrari , it is a bill pushed in 1979 during the military regime.

[@Feracitus]

they couldnt put an exciting engine in it because of legislation that prohibited big engines like V8s enacted during the oil crisis in the 70s/80s. And they never repealed that stupid law.

[@ahnocic]

would be good for a turbocharger on this engine

[@frankpolo2088]

It's hardly a brazil car,italian immigrant uses german VW platform to build this.

[@guiiizenni]

of the time imperialism/globalism allowed Brazil to have its own creative industries

[@sf2219]

Lose the wing!

[@huikify]

Never!

[@BIGBADWOOD]

Loose the wing !

[@derlissi9754]

This „wing“ on the rear hood looks terrible, sorry🤷🏼‍♂️