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Jeepney
The Jeepney is a mobile assemblage of signs, and symbols, decorative motifs and fetishes, rattling along the streets of Metro Manila and other towns. They are everywhere you look, no busses to be found only these vehicles.
World war II wrecked almost all engine-driven vehicles, and transportation. It was also a problem for the Americans on Philippines to dispose of the surplus jeeps rusting away at various depots. A convenient mutual solution materialized. The war vehicles were sold to Filipinos, who transformed these into commercial transportation units. To ease the passenger’s entrance, an opening was created in the back. The plain olive drab was hidden under a blossoming of colours.
Today Jeepneys are made on a fabric close to Manila. The engines are either from Germany, Japan or USA.
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