I did minor things to mine, first, while I thought about what I wanted.. Some black accents for hinge covers, shortened the stell bumper, hyro struts for the hood. I removed the radio antenna, put matching badges on both sides. Installed a soft top (always felt Jeeps should be convertibles)...
I'm in same age bracket as the OP. My 1st Jeep was a new CJ5 in 1972. Speedo, fuel and temp gauges only, if I recall. I'll take all the info the new Jeeps have, even if it means a couple finger taps. As someone mentioned, after a bit, no thinking about it. And compared to a lot of new other...
Thanks for the replies. Mr. Bill, that's what I replaced the OEM antenna with, but now thinking I'd rather just do away with any antenna there. Replace it with a badge.
Jim F