1939 Studebaker Champion. The car that saved the company just prior to WW2. The engine was designed for fuel economy. The engineer's mantra was "weight is the enemy." They managed to build a robust little engine that did get good mileage for its day.
Eventually converted to overhead valves, the engine stayed in production until Studebaker quit building their own engines at the end of the 1964 model year. The original engine powered the military Weasel too.
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