http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Other-Pickups-PICK-UP-UNIQUE-1948-PICK-UP-FORD-WITH-WOOD-BACK-STRUCTURE-/281354521445?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4182094b65&i tem=281354521445&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

 

That's a Philippine (or Cuban) bus.

 

2000 cylinders, edelvrock engine, sounds pretty rare to me.

 

Looks like a cobbled together wreck to me but sure would like to know the story behind it. Looks like F-2/F-6 sheet metal bolted onto an newer Chevy chassis. Certainly isn't worth $13K to me.

 

Looks like it could have been a Chiva Bus. I found a picture of the truck on Flickr and the caption said it might have belonged to a Columbian restaurant.

A lot like the Jeepneys of the Philipines.

Some interesting reading and pictures.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/otro_m...ool-980587@N22

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiva_bus
The World's Best Photos of chiva and escalera - Flickr Hive Mind