Jeepney art adds colour to Manila’s streets — now it is slowly disappearing

But in the community, there is a knowledge that while hundreds used to do this work, there might only be a handful of artists remaining. These former military vehicles were left behind and increasingly locally fabricated using mixed parts for a new role, moving people around at a cheap price, similar to small but flexible buses. They resemble “a Frankenstein's monster of different parts and pieces”, and say a lot about the resourcefulness of the population, said Jose Victor Torres, a historian and professor at De La Salle University-Manila.