There’s a significant difference between those who sneer at such fixes as demeaning, vs those who applaud making do with what’s available.
Exactly!
My late dad was a Mr. Fix-it and I imagine him rigging up some of these thing - some of it just for the humor alone...
Done the tie wrap thing more than once to get a wrecked rig home. Ratchet straps are a necessity in any rig - imho. I have seen trucks with an AC unit tapped into a window with a generator in the bed.