Get an eyeful of this Bedford! (I've just learned it's not on the island of Malta, but the next close island, Gozo)

Via: http://ohmygoditsthefunkyshit.tumblr.com/

this image was photoshopped into a Batmobile... which is interesting http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/09/photoshop-can-create-some-cool-cars-or.html

Commentary on Jalopnik has most people noticing it is Maltese, and for more oddball custom buses in the same "Almost" american 50's style: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/isolation-in-remote-islands-keeps-old.html and the license plate matches a Maltese, confirming the commentors who instantly recognized that it was related to the Maltese buses,

For a separate look at the buses and small trucks that look odd to me, use Google Chrome (love it) to translate for you and read
http://www.zlomnik.pl/index.php/2010/07/10/na-malcie-autobusy-sa-wieczne

Steve found a photo of this, and it's been garaged a while