Rear-engined Studebaker Lark. This rear-engined German-American did not come from South Bend. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation purchased the Lark in early 1959. Engineers in New Jersey ditched the front-engine, six-cylinder layout, and swapped it for the rebuilt 1500cc four-cylinder boxer motor from an early 50s Porsche. Volkswagen Bus components helped fill in the rest of the drivetrain.