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Joy of Owning: 1967 Jeep Commando

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In watches, cars, or any other relatively similar hobby, the best way to be different is to do the exact opposite of what everyone else is doing. To completely look in the other direction. Zig when everyone else zags. Exploring this path usually leads you to something of an odd-ball that ends up in your possession. For Alex Earle, a fixture within the VW Group design team and founder of Earle Motors, his 1967 Jeep Commando is exactly that.
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If Jeep?s Wrangler is like Tudor?s Black Bay 58, then think of the Jeep Commando as the equivalent to Tudor?s North Flag or P01. They?re weird, but in a very cool way. The Jeep Commando still retains some of the traditional straight body lines, but it combines a wider frame and a dune-buggy-like silhouette that might make you question if you?re looking at a Jeep to begin with. In Huckberry?s ongoing editorial series entitled ?The Joy of Owning,? Earle?s 1967 Jeep Commando is the center-focus.

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