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In a scenario where American Austin remained a part of Austin instead of becoming American Bantam as in OTL, what if their ATL Jeep proposal was powered by an early version of the 68 hp 2199cc 4-cylinder OHV engine from the Austin 16 HP (and later Austin A70) instead of the 60 hp 2.2 Willys Go Devil engine?

The 2199cc 4-cylinder OHV engine was derived from the 3.5-litre 6-cylinder truck engine that appeared in the 1939 Austin K30 truck (later becoming the Austin K2/Y during WW2), with the latter later powering Austin's post-war luxury models as well as various Jensens including the Jensen 541 while the 4-cylinder would later be enlarged to 2660cc and power the Austin A90 Atlantic and Austin-Healey 100 (along with London taxis until the in both petrol and diesel forms until the 1970s).
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