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I always found it interesting how the German army secures their shelters to truck flatdecks to prevent damage due to chassis/flatdeck twist: they use chains with springs on them plus locating brackets on each corner. If/when the flatdeck twists in extreme offroad the springs stretch, the shelter...

Maybe google "Australian swags". Traditional flat (think bedroll with a mattress usually included) and all the way to "dome swags" (think a one or two person tent with mattress and everything inside, that you can roll up).

Here's one: I'd look to see what's under the plastic on the other side. Then again considering there are no obvious attachments maybe look first at another vehicle to see how it was originally attached.

Ratchet strap is a safe and practical - but not pretty - option

And one more thing: anyone here had to deal with summer (or just bad) diesel in winter: blocked filters, heating fuel lines, adding kero and/or gas to diesel (about 10% is the norm, but with kero you can go up to 50% in old truck engines, apparently), idling for an hour because you can't get...

Sounds like a gas engine and an auto transmission to me :)

I always admired the Swiss for practicality: with their snowy and mountainous country their army seemed to favour gas engines and auto transmissions.

First five kms driving it would be fun... not so sure after that!

They USED TO BE cheap as chips, because there was very little demand in Western Europe for something like an old, high fuel usage, slow, uncomfortable, heavy, limited payload vehicle for most commercial uses one can think of. Demand then increased markedly (East Europe e.g. for logging, energy...

Sorry can't help with fixing this problem; as for prevention - moulded dash mats are THE must have, standard, fist purchase accessory in Australia. With our UV's here it's a must. Temporary, cheap soluton is a bath towel... Not that moulded mats are that expensive (under $100)

Definitely NO carpet. I can open all doors and blow my cab clean with a battery powered blower in 30 seconds, or use a small broom and maybe a wet rag, vs hand picking grass and other seeds, dog hair etc out of the carpet, as the vacuum cleaner is hopeless getting those out. Never mind stains...

CO is dangerous, we had people die here using a small genset in a garage after a cyclone. This being said, you'd think that if you have the air on "fresh" and NOT recirculate, and the air intake a looong way away from the exhaust and drawing directly from outside (as it usually is), you'd have...

Settings>Camera>Formats>ensure "most compatible" is ticked, NOT "high efficiency"

you can change the phone camera settings to take photos as .jpg rather than heic. Heic is the phone's default and yes it's a pain... Keep up the good work, your photos look amazing and I'm sure a lot of people enjoy doing this trip "by proxy"

I'm on the second set of Westlake SL369 (aka Goodride) on my 105 Landcruiser. Great performance and good/even wear. Good price but has increased considerably since more Australians discovered them. Re. "don't skimp on tyres" I had real bad experiences with a "reputable brand" recently - big...

Just back from ten days using one of these in our van: https://www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/oztrail-outback-comforter-sleeping-bag-queen?sku=FBI-OBC-A&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-ai0BhDPARIsAB6hmP6obaZ9yoqL31GXx3orArra2LNjmwcm98xK_qJpq-sspqrEWUlXWpoaApiSEALw_wcB True enough it's in Queensland...

Australians swear by swags. There has been a proliferation of dome swags for the last decade or so but you can still find the traditional flat swags. Not something to carry on your back but perfect to go in the back of the ute or the roof rack. The canvas protects the mattress, pillow...

There is a variety of rigid and flexible extenders on the market. As mentioned above, you add a possible fail point, but then again you can easily check pressures.

Ok this may sound a bit wild but if the frame is the same width front to end then you may want to consider a (rear) towbar mounted to the front? No idea if it would work, how much modification it would need, so please measure carefully.

What I find hard to understand (leaving aside our desire to own and play with more things and the retailer's desire to sell us more gimmicks) is why we have gotten rid of tow hooks? A tow hook means NO shackles at all, which is less to fail or fly around. And less to fiddle with.