Ruska

In the late 1960s, Dutch photographer Paul Huf was in the United States where he saw a so-called beach buggy. Back in Amsterdam, he asked his friend Arie Ruska who had a car restoration company, to build him one. The car was based on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis (also called "bug", hence: "buggy") and had a polyester body. It quickly caught attention which resulted in Ruska being approached to make more of them. The genuine manufacturing business started in 1970 with the Ruska B1. 

Over time the buggies were redesigned but the Beetle chassis and the polyester body remained key components. In 1973, the Super Buggy was introduced to replace the B1. It had a modified body and recessed headlights, reminiscent of the "frogeye" Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I. On special request the Buggy could be fitted with a Porsche engine. The Super Buggy would become the company's most successful model.