The Bus is Back! | The RV/Car Hauler Bus Project: Part 4

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[@Konarcoffee]

Your seemingly endless patience with having to redo whole sections that you've sunk hours and hours into really reminds me that you were/are a software engineer haha

[@dude-kz9yr]

My dad is a computer engineer and im a mechanic. His endless patience compared to mine is amazing. Im willing to settle for good enough and if it fits it ships, my dad however is a perfectionist lol. Working with him is practically impossible for me lol

[@TailRecursion]

As a software engineer, can confirm. *_sobs_*

[@Scodiddly]

Guilty as charged.

[@THESLlCK]

@@TailRecursion every software engineer I've come across seems to be either sobbing, recovering from sobbing, or preparing to sob. Do you guys schedule it or is it more spontaneous

[@OtherTheDave]

@@THESLlCK Both, depending on the reason.

[@Gunbudder]

fun fact: the standard way a SWAT team will usually stop a hijacked school bus (like this one) is to simply shoot the radiator with a shotgun using 00 buck (12 gauge). the radiator has a little door that makes it very easy to locate and shoot at. once the SWAT team sees a good hole pattern on the radiator door, they will back off a bit and just follow behind the bus until it eventually dies and rolls to a stop.

[@DeviantOllam]

If you are serious about it being two years since the last bus project video, you may have given many of us a heart attack... Is time really that broken in all of our brains now?

[@agingwheels]

Yep. Covid wasn't a thing in part 3. It's hard to believe

[@DeviantOllam]

@@agingwheels my brain right now: "This cannot be true." the internet: "Oh, but it is." 🧠: "Yikes."

[@toastpoint]

,but it is only March 1092, 2019

[@Sithhy]

There has been a project update video 2-3 months ago, though

[@TuomasLeone]

Seriously! Good lord I lived on another continent when the last bus video was released and I really had a tough time wrapping my brain around that fact. Excelent work however the bus looks fantastic!

[@handiman5001]

I have never seen anybody work so hard (twice)(no, 3 times)(no ,wait, it was 4 times) and get something almost ready but not quite so finished, finished. Have to rivet several metals to your cover-alls for persistance, energy and just plain ol tanasity. Great Work young feller.

[@cjhoyle]

Despite how painful it was watching you spend all that time working on the old panels knowing their fate, this was well worth the 2+ year wait. The bus is back!!!

[@ChristianNg]

It’s been 2 years?!

[@matthewhylton1]

Wasn't there a update 2 months ago

[@lawnmowerdude]

Wait till the end. It’s even worse.

[@redsand128]

@@lawnmowerdude was wondering how many people saw the last 5 seconds. It hurts to watch.

[@Thanny2000]

Love your channel!! Hello from Toronto🇨🇦

[@incidentshappen]

its now almost 2 years later, and i own a small piece of this bus that i bought to support a totally different project that wasn't a glimmer in robert's eye in 2022 and ... I couldn't be happier about it.

[@AdamEmond]

I first found this channel when the bus project was new. I have now learned so much about weird little cars. I have also learned that I will certainly never ever buy a bus :)

[@SethMethCS]

You don’t have to do all this bodywork for a skoolie build. Unless you want or need a roof raise for headroom inside, you don’t need to do this bodywork on your bus.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

My recommendation is buy and convert an old motorcoach bus like red, white and Bethune

[@ericdunn6232]

Turn a cargo trailer into a camper...

[@mogoreanu]

Same here, thank you for teaching us to not buy a bus in the hope of making a camper out of it.

[@chris_hertford]

An exhibition in how there any number of ways to do something, not all work, not all are efficient, human endeavour and persistence gets you there either way!

[@Dozeji]

That ending... God, it was brutal...

[@Ki113r210]

after that, next video is DEFINITELY the Durango destruction video

[@AiOinc1]

I was confused at first because it seemed like he got some good results, and then I saw right at the end... Christ. Goodbye, chicken coop Durango!

[@lantismannen]

What i miss?

[@ericmarciniak1]

@@lantismannen the end

[@animefan73]

@@lantismannen 25:47

[@stripycascade13]

First thing I think of when I see this bus is SNOWRUNNER with a giant flat bed and loading crane! Keep up the great work!

[@simonro9168]

If only you had a building set up to be a paint booth with extractor fan and everything. It's like the Yugo alignment and the pit all over again.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

Wow....the minute you move a school bus, there is a kid in it! School buses are amazing!

[@BreatheHydrogen]

Considering the electric project being a feeder project for this, it's very likely that the next bus video will be in two years. That would be so perfect.

[@the_undead]

It does not look like the 900 horsepower escape will be done anytime soon. I would say another 7 months at least before the escape is done

[@thatguythatdoesstuff5899]

@@the_undead And here I am seven months later, with the bus gone to scrap and no updates on the Escape other than a brief appearance in the getting rid of the bus video, where it comes off of the lift and Robert states that it has been on the lift for well over a year and the appearance of the dc to dc converter from one of his codas he originally planned to use in the Escape in the I bought another coda video, in which he presents said converter and says he took it out of a coda over a year ago for a project he didn't end up using it for, didn't even mention it was for the Escape. And there were no noticeable changes to the Escape despite the fact there was a deadline ending two months ago at the time of writing this comment. However I don't have patreon so I don't know if there is any more information there. I know Robert works at his own pace and is prone to procrastinating, but having a sponsored project with a deadline and not delivering is disappointing. Just a simple update video saying what the current status is or what is keeping it from moving forward, what's giving him trouble, that's all we really want.

[@the_undead]

@@thatguythatdoesstuff5899 quite frankly, I've stopped watching this guy and since the video where he was talking about, maybe canceling the bus project (I might be wrong on that. I forget exactly which video) because this 88 took a better help sponsorship and I don't watch content creators sponsorships without doing any research on the company or really anything at all. If you don't know what I'm talking about, better help is known to sell all of their user data to data brokers and seeing as they are an online therapy company that Is legally protected data and yes they were fined for this in 2021 or 2022 but that fine was the most notional slap on the wrist because they probably made more money from selling that data in the month or two it took to go from someone in the justice system going, maybe this needs to be punished to find being issued then the fine cost. Better help. Because this kind of data would be extremely valuable to gambling companies and gambling companies have effectively infinite money to throw around

[@PlasticAstronaut]

I love that Robert can’t get through his t-shirt taglines without giggling.

[@wingusthedingus7203]

Same

[@hornet65]

Man, it's too bad you don't have like a dedicated paint booth or room or whatever with its own ventilation fan and everything.... But it's a wood shop now.

[@mdgnys]

Anker couldn't have chosen a better channel to sponsor! I like their products and their sponsorship solidified that I'll continue to go with them!

[@badopinionsrighthere]

The most painful lesson I've learned about shortcuts: Do it right or do it twice. On the plus side, you're guaranteeing your channel more content!

[@psykoklown874]

We used to have a saying where I used to work, "it's not done right 'til it's done three times", followed by "it's alright, I get paid by the hour".

[@stevenpierno9793]

You might be correct about it being 3 years before the next update! Hard to believe it’s been a year since this update. Time just flies by.

[@genric_sloth971]

Will the bus be finished before collinfurzes tunnel?

[@agingwheels]

Hmmm, doubtful

[@Reman1975]

Maybe it will be a race to the finish between the Aging wheels ex bus car transporter camper, and Bad Obsession Motorsport's "Project Escargo" ex library lorry car transporter camper? :D

[@tamuct01]

Or Wintergaten's Marble Machine X

[@LunaRayToo]

No.

[@EmyrDerfel]

@@Reman1975 That's a much closer competition.

[@zosiabrown8566]

I love Robert Dunn's way of presenting things so much, I watched, instead of skipping through, the sponsor segment. Keep it up Robert.

[@TomLentz]

Wow, great job and what a huge amount of work. I lost it at "4th state of matter gun".

[@johnbroadbent9034]

This guy is bloody good and has a tallent you dont often find .he has the patience of a nun and will not be beaten love watching keep up the good work

[@spokehedz]

The "I like bus stuff bareback" shirt almost killed me. I seriously saw spots from laughing too hard.

[@rgbigdog]

That bareback sounds more than a little gay to me.

[@datadavis]

Bus stuff bareback from behind, yeehaa

[@samkessler1111]

He absolutely overthinks everything enough that he goes at a snails pace and even makes mistakes. I love it because he doesn’t care. Dude just does him and it is what it is. And I watch every video.

[@the_undead]

This dude is a programmer so putting in hours or even days of work only to find out that you have to start from scratch likely wasn't a foreign concept before he even worked on his first vehicle, assuming that came after his job as a programmer.

[@gannas42]

Oh man the last few seconds of the video. I feel for you, man. Thanks for the update, looking forward to moar hi-jinx!

[@wakjagner]

The vacuum wall solution was solid engineering, even if it wasn't the right tool for the situation. Well done. The crazy sheer amount of work that's been invested into this bus project is just mind numbing.

[@DeadStuffGuy]

“I promise the next bus project video won’t be 2 years from now… it will probably be 6 months or so” hello from a year and two months after this video came out, you have another project which does indeed benefit the bus but ultimately has halted progress on the bus itself until probably July and I will be pleasantly surprised if the next proper bus video is even a day less than two years after this one was posted

[@Dawad2007]

Well, it's been 2 years now

[@joehiker5573]

GLAD TO SEE THE PROGRESS... HAVE MISSED YOUR HUMOR...HURRY UP & GET IT DONE SO I CAN BUY IT !!! =)

[@mircomuntener4643]

This project is a masterpiece in the art of making everything take a record amount of time, work, and money with a mimimum amount of progress. Your patience is clearly infinite

[@the_undead]

If you commit yourself to programming for multiple years you will develop this level of Patience by necessity. Patience is not an option when you are a programmer

[@conoreaton4299]

1 Year later, we need more bus content. Love your editing style.

[@windhelmguard5295]

i am positively impressed by the fact that, with all the setbacks you had, you at least managed to figure out that epoxy primer makes rivet holes smaller ahead of time, which makes you smarter than the average owner of an engineering degree.

[@GregOughton]

Here just over 2 years since this video went up, can't seem to find a more recent one. Hopefully will see this come to an end before 3 years!

[@dwaynezilla]

I always enjoy the "speed run" style of edit where you blast through 5-50 steps within a few seconds! It's really satisfying, too.

[@bradywilliams2951]

absolute LOL at "The fourth state of matter' gun.

[@winterburden]

I can hardly believe it's been 2 years, and I feel like I've just been sitting here waiting for an update this entire time! 😱

[@sebastianbrrrr7372]

Haha! Me too!

[@luishandal]

I’m sure the next video will be out soon. Man has never kept us waiting.

[@Juikula]

Yay, bus video. The vacuum holder-upper thing for sheetstock is very neat indeed.

[@jamesrogers8828]

We need an update. This channel is so underrated

[@TerminusVox]

I'm a bus driver, so... I'm in for updates. And a 'Bus Stuff' shirt.

[@jordangamesvlogs9892]

This channel is definitely for the person who wants to see every honest part of the build, not just the kinda channel that bangs a hammer on an old rusty truck and BOOM it’s a lifted mud truck, and calls it quality content. Love it!

[@heli88]

Just yesterday, I was thinking "man, it's been ages since the last Aging Wheels video; what's up?" And here you are with the answer. It's that kind of customer service that keeps me coming back.

[@cg41386]

Well, this video answers a very important question... tighty whities. Have you always been a tighty whities guy? Glad to see another bus update, keep it coming.

[@tdeasley]

I, and MANY MANY others, are glad you're back Robert! You have been missed.

[@Cedrickr]

please know that you are the ONE youtuber for whom I do not skip the ads, I just love your humor!

[@cybertrk]

That is some serious dedication to flat panels.

[@stephanieonlife3657]

Bus Stuff Bare Back has a way different meaning that you intended..I love your brutal honesty. Keep up the great work💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@geekbruin]

So glad you’re done with the rub bar part of this project. 😮‍💨

[@mjc8248]

When we removed the rails on my buddies bus we went the easy way. We put rivets back in and used urethane sealant to make sure they were waterproof. After seeing what you went through I'm glad we chickened out on doing it right. It already has so many exposed fasteners that it all just blemded together after paint.

[@mjc8248]

Yes, I am replying to myself, happens. Finished the video and noticed you didn't seal the panels to the supports. I know it's too late now but I would recommend at least sealing them from the inside. The seams have give due to temperature and vibration so the better you can seal it now the less water damage in the future. Freeze thaw events will loosen the rivets over time, allowing moisture in. When the interior walls were exposed as a bus it didn't really matter but if the interior is enclosed that can lead to mold and mildew.

[@BlueSky-ub4fx]

OMG!! 😪😪I literally FELT the pain, when you said, you'd remove the panels 😱😱

[@darinbell6982]

Your patience and upbeat personality is refreshing. Enjoying the bus project.

[@RebeccaMundschenk]

Mrs. Aging Wheels must really enjoy all her down time while you're working on a project. 😂

[@peternicholsonu6090]

Wow! Just loved it. Before my beloved passed she asked me to buy an A camping trailer. And cross this country visiting our 4 offspring.I should have. Instead I purchased a pop up camper with grotty canvas and woeful windup roof. I removed the roof and filled it with the rest of the whole van in little pieces. Took it to the tip and drove the floor home. Purchased 10 8x4 sheets of Aluminum and nearly same of black acrylic for wrap around windows. Built what looks like an Airstream Basecamp but with total wraparound black windows. Faced your attachment issues. Made my own break (we call folder in Australia) from an old heavy bed frame. Yes so many hours and yes although definitely not a control freak or OCD I still wanted each stage as perfect as possible. Towed it 4,000 km test drive and it was like a trout in a stream. Despite polished mirror finish over past 2 yrs it has micro oxidised. Am starting repolish this week. Noticed realestate signage is thin zinc plated steel sheet with vinyl finish...that’s what I shoulda done. So 5yrs into widowhood I realise this is exactly what my darling knew I would do. Oh needed to sell my box trailer so am building a 2person standup inside pod to nest onto it....then I’m going to....

[@spacekii]

YESSSSS i saw this on your twitter and im SO EXCITED good job dude!! super impressed

[@williamburkhart2979]

I was having a good day until I saw Aging Wheels uploaded someone And my day got 1000 times better! Love your work man!

[@AveragePootis]

Yay a new video, you are genuinely my favorite automotive source of entertainment, period

[@davidhainline6357]

Your videos are freaking addictive.

[@IgnazKevenaar]

Very inspiring to see you have the courage to go back and correct your mistakes until you are happy with the result. Keep it coming!

[@UnfocusedRacing]

This made me go back and rewatch the entire bus project. No regrets.

[@_autoverse]

Riveting stuff! Honestly didn’t realise it had been that long since the last bus vid, seemed more like 6 months at the most.

[@joebot86]

March 2020 sure has been a long month

[@akraus53]

"It definitely won't be two years till the next video"

[@Cryocreature]

The daily episodes almost 2 years ago really helped with what was and is going on with the world, thank you so much

[@Gedden]

There really is something special about this channel.

[@willmccloskey]

This is a truly deeply insane amount of work, and it looks absolutely incredible! So excited to see it painted!!

[@pcpanikMusik]

The only channel I don‘t skip the product placement ads. Anker! … Anker, Anker, Anker!

[@flitz003]

24:35 Maybe 3 years weren’t that much off after all… 2 months?! We are less than half a year away from being closer to 2 years…

[@tomasjosefvela1]

You give yourself a lot of flack but I really appreciate the quality of work you are determined to do, it's really really well done. Thanks for sharing all your hard work and your sense of humor.

[@olddogprepper2959]

The motto of Matt's off Road Recovery: We do it nice cause we do it twice!

[@organiccold]

Projects are like this, one step forward, two backwards. Can't wait to see this bus done

[@jayman4095]

I've been a metal worker for the past 15 years and I got to admit at how you're going about doing this project is really impressive to no end and I picked up alot of tips and tricks that you're doing also I just ordered a pneumatic hole punch 👌 Edit: curiosity has me what brand of corded nibbler do you have?

[@sccarguy8242]

I felt that ending… I felt it so much.

[@isaacplaysbass8568]

I've been really looking forward to this instalment of the bus project! I am a concerned that the panels are going to "oil can" whilst driving, as there isn't any beading to resist such deformation.

[@mlindholm]

No, but they are seriously riveted down, so maybe not.

[@ArsenicPants84]

listening to you drill out stuff in time lapse really brings me back to my proto-industrial German dance club days

[@ImmortalInflames]

"...and that makes me very happy!" Seeing new videos from you makes me as happy as seeing new content from Ayunda Risu... Yes, your content is that enjoyable it competes with cute anime squirrel!! I still remember when my dad finished his Mercedes 303 coach (1979) converting it from a Coach to a motorhome. He paid something like $10K for it in great running condition but it did have cancer (rust) and not registered. He worked on it every day after work.. mind you he started it when he was 64.. and doing it on a budget.. 3 years later it was done. Painted bright blue.. He has since driven it all around the border of Australia and many other smaller trips. So, don't give in.. take breaks if you need to! You Got This!!

[@lateefcarrere1649]

It's been 2 years? I don't know how you kept (or keep) going on this puppy. I salute your determination, sir. The motor home/car hauler will be something else when you're done.

[@JuliTheFurry]

couple of months he says its been 8 monts

[@KristinnEs]

Two months, huh? I want more bus content, I love what you're doing with it :)

[@nickmax7578]

you said 2 months... its been 8

[@EzyPup]

Now it’s been another 2 years

[@Matticitt]

Aaaaaand it's been a year. Again. Hopefull the bus will be done this decade.

[@--Lam]

Oooh, heartbreaking ending, I almost cried. However, then I remembered it's actually required by regulations around here to have something solid at this height, so that small cars don't dive under trucks in a side collision, you know, so you don't crush and/or decapitate the passengers. In the video, it appears there's just a tiny strip there, mounted to vertical bars, not sure if that would pass? Conclusion: make side bumpers :)

[@morrielewin1554]

You weren't too far off your goal date for the next update, if not for the completion goal. Projects are like that, yes they are. Your persistence in sticking to this project is great to watch and your quirky personality fits my sense of humor (yes, I am weird). You have an amazing skillset that lets you address all the issues you run across and you still show all the warts behind the scenes. Don't ever stop posting videos - I would be very sad!

[@RobTheSquire]

It's starting to look really nice and it certainly helps folk to visualise just exactly what you're aiming for.

[@Giepie]

This is (currently) by far my favorite project! Thanks for great videos and projects, presented with awesome humor and great tips and advice.

[@sharonkasper5126]

Hope the bus parking spot is not needed soon. As you mature, you will learn or go nuts trying to accomplish your goal. The kind of money and time your spending, means you probably have plenty of both, Keep the faith, stay hydrated and stay healthy.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

This is super. I thought about the bus many times. Huge project in real life. Glad to see you working....on anything and everything!

[@woodroemitchell2848]

I went back and watched every bus video after seeing this one pop up two weeks ago. I am surprised there isn't an update yet. But luckily perfection takes time, keep working hard good sir.

[@AlexR2648]

Holy shit, new Colin Furze tunnel video AND Aging Wheels bus video? Best week ever.

[@timwhiting6854]

When you said that you couldn't use the vacuum clamps because your panels were full of rivet holes I lost it! You got me, Subscribed!

[@AJBtheSuede]

You sir, are insane. I bet you're some kid's favourite uncle. I love it :)

[@kimberleyscott9531]

Being a follower of yours for more pandemics and lockdowns than I can count, I love your relentless optimisim. Oh. And relentless happiness. Well done. 🙂

[@Linus_awoo]

Its incredible that this bus was the reason i found you and stayed since

[@mastakush4272]

Updates!! ❤

[@bogbog]

IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS.!!

[@joshuabessire9169]

You are an inspiration. I too have dreamed of converting an old school bus. But watching you makes me quit that dream and take up something that requires less time and stress: Building up my body's tolerance to iocain.

[@intrepid5684]

I give you a lot of credit. You're not afraid to try anything. Lots of fun to watch.

[@DeliberateNRandom]

And the work you went through to do this video is what I feel like doing small projects. I spend more time talking myself out of doing it and building it in my head.

[@johnnyappleseed6415]

Your perseverance is nothing short of remarkable...

[@Yugophoto]

body work takes FOREVER. As someone who has spent weeks straightening out a single wheel arch on a car, I can't even imagine tackling a project as big as a friggen bus. Kudos for actually finishing a whole side. Personally I'm excited to see you start working on the interior. The body work is tedious, but I think the interior is where you can really get creative and do some really cool stuff.

[@Oakstedt]

YES. Any content from you brings a good day.

[@zooobidooo]

Man, what an insane amount of work over work over work. I sure would have wrecked the bus long ago due to anger issues. You, Sir, are one patient dude !

[@janzyuk]

Worth the wait. I was having breakfast when the shirt add came on, nearly choked on cereal! Brilliant