Seen here with an early F-134 is Willys-Overland chief engineer Delmar G. The first civilian Universal Jeep with the Hurricane engine was the new "high-hood" 1953 CJ-3B. The first 1/4-ton Jeep big enough for the new engine was the military M38A1 in 1951. The "F" is simply the shape of the up-and-down valve arrangement (150K JPEG). (2.2 liter) displacement, but had its intake valves in the head rather than the engine block. The similar but taller "Hurricane" F-head engine, which Willys began putting in its larger vehicles in 1949, had the same 134 cu.in. One of the cars that put the roar in the Roaring 20's was John North Willys' 1926 Overland Whippet with its new 4-cylinder engine, which later became the basis of the "Go-Devil" engine used in the jeeps of World War II. "Hurricane" Engine Specs and Photos of the Willys F-134 4-cylinder
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