Hemmings Find of the Day – 1982 Jeep Scrambler

It’s alright, I know you had to take care of buying gifts for your wife, kids, parents, secretary, dog and barista first. It’s okay that you didn’t think of getting a Christmas gift for your favorite blog editor until just now, when I brought it up.

*sniff*

But it’s fine, because today’s Christmas Eve, the traditional day for last-minute gift shopping, and I’ll make selecting a gift real easy for all of you: How about a 1982 Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler? Such as this one currently for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:

1982 Jeep CJ8 Scrambler 4 X 4 Collector Retiring Reduced Price! Was $24,900 Now $17,000 Restored to like new!!! Original 258 inline 6 cylinder with factory 5-speed transmission and Dual Flow Master exhaust. Chrome rims with new white letter tires. Red exterior with matching roll bars, Chrome Step bars, and removable hardtop. Center console and black bucket interior that still looks new. Factory A/C, P/S, P/B, AM/FM radio, power door locks, and chrome rear view mirrors. 93,000 original miles. This is one of the BEST left!

If you can’t swing it, that’s alright too, because you readers are great all year around, and that’s enough for me. You send in tips, photos and links; you let us know what you like and don’t like in the comments; and you don’t seem to mind too much when I post stuff too bizarre, too focused on minutia, or too esoteric. I should probably be giving you all gifts in appreciation.

But seriously, I want a Scrambler.