You can't knock their determination to keep things running. We did much the same 80 years ago in this country.
I had a 1939 Ford 9N tractor that had the block bored to accept Ford passenger car pistons and had home made head gaskets made of oiled sheet felt. Could not get repair parts during WWII so you made stuff. We may be back to doing some things like that again...
Like the old Red Green skit... he changed his oil. Took the oil from his van and put it in his car...took the oil from his car and put it in his lawnmower, etc.
