Many Jeeps are accessorised with add-ons, but do they add value?
Not to be confused with mechanical modifications, accessories are often added to wartime and replica World War Two Jeeps to make them look more interesting. I have sometimes purchased Jeeps fitted out with almost every extra you can imagine. When I put them up for sale it sometimes helps, there’s no doubt about that, however, I have also often removed some extras before a sale if I feel they have been overdone and ‘you can’t see the wood for the trees’ so to speak.
Of course, not everyone wants their Jeep to look too ‘showy’ and would rather it looked like a barn find or something they have always had in the family. I have discovered that if I take off some of the larger, more expensive accessories and sell them separately, I can offer a Jeep at a lower price and make up the difference with the sale of the extras. I always like to see what I call the standard accessories on a Jeep. These are items such as the axe and shovel, starting handle, Jerrycan and spare wheel. Some different coloured items can help to contrast with all that green paint on a Jeep. These are things like tancoloured canvas and the white or creamcoloured lettering a…
