graverobber
Rob Emslie
graverobber
Rob Emslie is a contributing writer for Jalopnik. He has too many cars, and not enough time to work on them all.

I like it. May God have mercy on my soul. NP Read more

How hard is it to retrofit AC? Read more

I’m happy to admit the Land Rover Defender market is fundamentally absurd. Accepting that as fact make this an easy NP for me. So I’m curious to know what the rest of these people are thinking...

I bought one in 88 when I graduated from High School. I loved it but required more space so I sold after 3-4 years. It was easy to work on and easy to find parts. I was told that parts were easy to get new and used because of the huge Air force base near by (they like convertibles?), I am not sure if that is true. Read more

Some of us like cake without the frosting, ahem.  Read more

I would buy this and daily it in spring/summer/fall, IF I won the lottery. NP ? Read more

Currently almost 12% think this is a good deal.. Read more

Precisely.  I spent my youth riding around in the four-door version of these cars, and seeing that back seat photo brings back major memories.  Granted we had vinyl seats and I grew up in Georgia, so many of those memories involve me sticking to those seats. Read more

Plus I actually don’t like the swap to black exterior trim. If I’m driving a 40 year-old car in mint condition, I want the original chrome trim. Read more

Except a Grand National can more than keep up with traffic, this can’t. Read more

Except old volvo wagons w/ manuals still pop up on CL for 3 to 5k all the time. Just find one and sink $5k into paint, $5k into mechanicals, and and you’ll have a car that’s incredibly more reliable, useable, not to mention desirable. Read more

Is it a deal? Absolutely not. Is it absolute perfection to certain people of a certain age from specific places? Yes. Yes it is. Read more

One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small... Read more

The lovely band Cake was thinking about cars like this when they wrote “Stickshifts and Safety Belts.” (I know, I know, they specifically mention a Malibu, but work with me here, people.) This thing would make an awesome around-town cruiser and I really, really want it. But it’s so huge that I don’t know if it would Read more

Thanks Rob, this got me laughing at 8AM. I saw the decals, the shitty looking rims, and then the cherry on top...salvage title. All yours for $40k. Read more