Mudguard/fender, windshield/windscreen, hand brake/park brake/ E brake, bonnet/hood, boot/trunk, glove compartment/glove box etc etc.
Trucks have a jack shaft and a tail shaft if they are boggie drive. Road trucks have a maxi brake but if you drive big trucks in a mine it's called a park brake.
Another new one is to call utes style sides, ie HZ style side ute.
A lot of it has to do with the amount of American TV that we are exposed to now. Words such as guys are now common place.
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