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The Commando
"R"
Not one of the best-known Commando
models, the "R" preceded the "Roadster".
It was a mixture of Fastback parts- side covers, exhaust sytem-, and later
Roadster (petrol tank, rear mudguard, rear light arrangement), and even
"S"-type components (seat).
It also still has the rear wheel shod
with the highly unpractical Avon GP tire, basically a racing tire. All
early Commandos had it fitted from new.
I remember a long weekend with friends in the Alps some years ago,
starting out with a brandnew GP tire on my '68 Fastback, coming home on a
slick!
Picture is a period press picture
from our archives, with the note "1st R" on the back, so
probably the first one built, pre-production.
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