Pete And His Bus, Episode 30: Back To It

[@iwasglad122]

I was actually holding my breath before the stripe colour reveal.....and I was NOT disappointed! Cream all the way! Brilliant!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching

[@Triskitty]

Been bingeing the playlist and just bought a sticker today

[@PeteAndHisBus]

❤️👍

[@richardhawkins6960]

Hi Pete, you definitely picked the best colour for the relief band looks great.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks so much

[@dirkbow911]

brilliant as always😁👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@denisdavidson5622]

As an old RM spotter from the early 1960's when RMs had gold lettering and fleet numbers the Relief band was cream. Then when the graphics changed to the White LT Bullseye on the flanks the RM fleet numbers and the Relief band were White!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@JohnStodden1]

This episode reminded me of when I owned RM664, the so-called Silver Lady. I loved driving the Routemaster through crowded city streets among slow-moving traffic. Exactly what it was designed for. Effortless. But driving up the motorway in the slow lane at a constant 38 mph was mind deadening after 10 minutes and positively dangerous after an hour. I was constantly worrying about lorries ploughing into the back of me, because they are used to slow traffic moving at a minimum of 50mph and were probably texting. Well done Pete!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Ohhh yes that's exactly how it feels! Thanks for watching!

[@JohnStodden1]

@@PeteAndHisBus Pete, did you buy the bus from a good friend of mine, Rob D...... in St Neots, Cambridge?

[@PeteAndHisBus]

@@JohnStodden1 I did indeed!

[@willemjordaan4108]

Hey, ambidextrous Pete going there with the paint brush !!!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yep, courtesy of my mother who is fully ambidextrous, it runs in the family.

[@jamespeters2859]

Great vid! Used to drive one of these. No 13, Golders Green to Strand. Very very easy to drive. Superb vehicle. Have some pals whom live in a double decker bus as their home. 💚

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Cool, they are very easy to drive indeed! Thanks for watching

[@braw]

As a business guy myself, not just a bus or car guy I really enjoyed this seeing how you go about things. Good to see more of this too.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks mate, thought I'd show a bit more of what the day to day is. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@martinandersson1049]

I really like your channel and your concept! What a clever deal, that you didn't need to provide yourself and additional staff from you, for selling the drinks at that show!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks so much! Glad you like it. Yep, the dry hire deal is pretty good for all involved. Thanks for watching

[@rosshannemann7772]

My grandad drove buses all his life,,kudos Pete nice to see them in use

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Good on grandad! Thanks for watching

[@misterchippie]

That Vespa is a thing of beauty! Well done on the resto!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad you like it!

[@bharatg124]

Amazing Vespa restoration..

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you very much!

[@bigmatt5853]

Can’t believe we’re 30 episodes in! Enjoyed this one Pete, it’s great to see you working again tbf, must have been tough during covid . Both buses are looking great. 👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I know right!!?? Thanks for watching and thanks for your kind words

[@worldVHS]

Getting well known everytime a new episode you upload, interesting watching this journey start to finish

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for your support!

[@peterwardle572]

Excellent sir, the original cream, she looks superb, I must confess I am an RT & RTL person as they took me to school in the 50's and 60's, but any Red bus is good, no, correction, any bus is good. Your bar setup is very professional and slick, you now have got to get that second one on the road asap.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for your support! And you’re right, any bus is good! 👍😂😜

[@peterwardle572]

@@PeteAndHisBus Pete, I am more of a nerd than that, buses are great, but trams are better, but it is difficult to own tram and run it. Plus I like your Vespa, but a GS160 with a big bore exhaust from about 1962 is the cream, and you need a Parker to ride it. Keep up the good work sir.

[@arronjones6985]

That colour band really looks good. The difference it's made is amazing 👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yeah, it really does doesn’t it!

[@christianmclean5887]

Great episode Pete!👍🏻🇬🇧😎

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you!

[@TheWurks]

No T Shirt but Stickers ordered... without doubt one of my Top YT channels! Keep going pal...

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks so much. It all helps towards the bus. Glad you’re enjoying it

[@martynbuzzing3327]

Who knew how much fun you could have with a bus? Expensive fun, but fun all the same...

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Indeed!! Thanks for watching

[@willemjordaan4108]

Thanks Pete. Enjoying this episode!! Cheers from South Africa!!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Danki meneer! Glad you liked it

[@willemjordaan4108]

@@PeteAndHisBus 😂

[@gmotuel]

Nice Update mate..Love to Holly and Livvy x

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks mate

[@mikenewman137]

Great to see the reality of your business.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesbalchin4640]

Your humor is brilliant

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching

[@jamesbalchin4640]

@@PeteAndHisBus no probs

[@markovery3438]

Another amazing video, keep up the good work Pete.😀👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@jamesbalchin4640]

Pete that looks brilliant mate

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad you like it

[@jamesbalchin4640]

@@PeteAndHisBus no worries mate

[@eliotheasman5378]

Brilliant keep up good work

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you!

[@ianmaddams9577]

Glad you went with the cream paint I think it best to keep as original as possible. And good to see the bus getting out and about earning. Great video as always 👍🏻 All the best

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@DavidMartin-ym2te]

You have a nice steady hand for that stripe. I could not keep up the concentration.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks, It does take a bit of concentration and I can only do it for so long. Thanks for watching.

[@EpRoos]

No Pete, don't worry! You are never boring, :-D You made my weekend started as it should be! But glad you are doing well! Its not an easy time again for ppl in the UK! And condoleances with your queen of course. Stay save!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks you!

[@darrenreadings1294]

I have a Vespa 50 special with a 133 engine as well as a few lambrettas , your scooter looks so good

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Nice, yeah I love it mate. So much fun!

[@robertwren8878]

Hiya Pete I hope you get this comment. I am a professional Decorator and I have a tip for you with the stickers! How do I know? Well I've been doing it for years. Mix up some wallpaper paste and paste the back sticky side! And smooth out into position with a passengers brush,it evaporates and the tacky side of the sticker comes into play. If you don't believe me try it on something else you can slide it push it and once in position it's job done and it's so fast. I came to this because dado borders were self adhesive and when sticking to wallpapers or paint was a nightmare. It's so easy pete all the best to you. Ps! Don't tell everybody.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Brilliant advice, thanks for sharing!

[@robertwren8878]

My pleasure such fun watching you on your adventures.👍

[@mannythelimodriver6003]

For some reason this episode didn’t come up, hence why I’m typing this two weeks later. Brilliant episode as always Pete. The He man balls comment made me lol in the office. Great idea with the advertising on the back of the bus

[@PeteAndHisBus]

You might need to switch on notifications on my channel to get alerts. I’m so glad you liked it, working on the next one as we speak. 👍

[@rajiv4972]

Awesome. Many thanks.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you

[@Daytonafox1]

Love the new back end of the bus great idea Pete.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you

[@mechanoid5739]

I thought you were going to install an LED panel with fancy graphics. lol! the comments section would have been great!

[@T8RTU]

Totally the best update yet! Great to see event’s picking up and the success of the Bar ML too… 😎👍✅✅✅✅

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you xx

[@T8RTU]

@@PeteAndHisBus you earned it! Respect ✊

[@articeddie5494]

Great episode 👍🏼

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you

[@BITTYBOY121]

It would be so cool and very useful to have a secret boot/storage compartment under the stairs where you removed that dented rear panel at 11:58 You could use it to store all your tools and spare bits for the bus and access it via a couple of budget locks and a T key ! - Great video Pete - All the very best of luck with your bus and your Vespa bike ! 👍👍👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yeah that would be cool. I kinda already have that under the stairs where I’ve put a door. It’s a useful bit of storage. I’ve also got inside the benches upstairs. So there’s more than you think. Thanks for watching!

[@BITTYBOY121]

@@PeteAndHisBus Yes, I completely forgot about the storage under those rear seats upstairs ! not to mention that small cupboard door that's also under the stairs where the bus conductor would keep all the bags money (change) and his spare ticket rolls ! locking everything away with a very secure type of budget lock (not the usual 8mm square budget key but a more secure key that was on the conductor's 3-way budget lock T key) - Being born in Hackney, East London in Jan 1977, I remember these routemaster buses very well from the early to mid 1980's when I was little on my mum's shopping trips and what the bus conductor used to do including his silver ticket machine where he would wind the handle for it to print my mum her bus ticket on the 149 bus back in 1983 when I was only 6 ! lol Keep the great videos coming man 🙂

[@Roadkill7878]

Got my T-shirt. Very pleased 👍🏻

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for your support

[@losangelaramos4708]

Nice to see a brand new video can you please make more videos cause your videos are really interesting and it’s really annoying to wait for waiting for a new video

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks so much, I'll try my hardest!

[@williamr3840]

If you get bubbles under the vinyl, you can always prick them with a pin to let the trapped air out as you use a little heat over the vinyl to smooth them down flat. :0)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍

[@kaydesign]

Your best episode yet! Most impressive! Keep it up! 👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Wow, thanks! I'm so glad you're enjoying it.

[@GreenJimll]

Ah, love a bit of prep-n-paint. Nice job.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank mate

[@FOOKYOUTUBENUMBERS]

We've missed You 🚌

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I appreciate that. more coming soon!

[@TheMoonport]

Great Episode!. I've enjoyed a lot and I was exhausted just seeing Pete working so hard. Congrats!. BTW, amazing soundtrack. Cheers and see U on next one.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad you like the tunes, take it takes a fair bit of time to find the music. Thanks for watching!

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Very nice video. Good to get the business at the various events. Didn't know there was an event for tattoos, not my favourite subject though. Although I love RMs in their original condition, thought it was an excellent idea for rear adverts, looked quite good too. I was hoping you'd choose cream for the relief band. Nice paint brush job, as they were originally done. Good luck with future business.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching! 👍👍

[@kevinpritchard9149]

Hi Pete another amazing video hope you and the family are doing well

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.

[@mrstanhope1516]

Perfect timing as there's nothing on the TV to watch!!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Haha ideal

[@johncallaghan4616]

Great update Pete, glad to see Compo in fine form, cracking job on the Vespa (even though you seem wayyyyyyyy too big for it!), happy for you on the business front, and glad you've continued to take nobody's advice on wearing a mask when sanding ! 😉 Relief band looks excellent, even in primary coat, and very clever on utilising the back of the Bus for some sneaky advertising - I'm sure your 'hit-rate' will benefit significantly as a result, and good for you ! Keep 'em comin! Best, JCHK

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks so much! So glad you've enjoyed it. I know I know... I need to glue that mask to my face... I simply forget... Thanks for watching

[@Chris-zo6xd]

Well done Pete , cream was the way to go , can’t wait to book you for my outdoor wedding.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Sounds good!

[@russellgray1426]

Brilliant video, yet again Pete!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you

[@paultripp1377]

Love your videos Pete, keep up the good work sir.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you

[@daveyacarter]

Top video. Great to see you back at it. Can't wait to see the next episode....

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching!

[@TomskiZima]

I've said it before and il say it again. Your content is superb. Interesting, funny yet also educational. I commend you Pete, not just for your videos, but also your business. Fair play to you sir 🙌🏼

[@PeteAndHisBus]

You are a gentleman and I thank you for your kind words!

[@TomskiZima]

@@PeteAndHisBus Your welcome Pete. People are quick to slate content and don't often give praise for it when its due!🙂

[@marcogiuseppedegaetano]

Sei bravissimo Pete quella Vespa è meravigliosa, mi piace il tuo spirito di precisione assoluta: moto italiana guanti italiani 😆

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I'm glad you like my Vespa and my gloves to go with it! Thanks for watching.

[@marcogiuseppedegaetano]

@@PeteAndHisBus In Italy the Vespa always remains an undisputed myth

[@chriskeller4563]

Some good brush work on the stripe Pete spot on

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you

[@ian_morg]

Great update thanks! Fab to see your work and some bus updates too. Good job on the relief band painting, I’d have gone outside the lines everywhere 😂😂😎👍🏻

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad you enjoyed it! I have to really concentrate otherwise I'm the same haha

[@-abacchus]

Presumably you've now got an extension bar long enough for every eventuality..? Another great vid Pete..!! _(as always...)_ And glad to see you're keeping busy!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yes, full socket set that lives on the bus permanently

[@GreaterAngliaFanClass321]

Love what ya did to the rear, keep it up 👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@chris_A8502]

Excellent video Pete. Great to see you having a successful summer events season. Richly deserved. Skillful brushwork painting the relief band, looking forward to seeing the indicators fitted.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks 👍 Glad you're enjoying it!

[@drewsteroriginals4564]

Great video, good to see business is picking up again and you are keeping busy. Updates on progress are good to catch up on :-)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it

[@stevencowles8419]

Pleased to hear you are keeping busy, that cream really looks the part

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@tonylawlor3503]

Many thanks, brilliant video, keep on going Pete

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DanielMeakin1]

Fantastic video love your channel!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@DanielMeakin1]

@@PeteAndHisBus your very welcome

[@Tom.Jackson.]

I never got bored or fell asleep lol as I love your work and slightly mad sense of humour, and as I can't do subs to patreon etc I purchased a t shirt as a one off out me pension to support your bus's and channel 👍🙂

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Very much appreciated bud! Thanks for watching.

[@rickwills4281]

Yet again, brilliant episode, also glad to see you used the original cream for the relief banner!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks bud

[@nidostar2013]

Thanks, Pete. A great video as always. So pleased that your business has returned to normal after those two dreadful COVID years. I thought the relief band you refer to as yellow was actually gold - and very classy it used to look. I wish I could paint a straight line as well as you. My wife says it’s the drink to blame. Trouble is I find it difficult holding a paint brush in one hand and a glass of wine in the other…….!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

😂😂😂😂 squiggly lines are cool too mate!

[@chuckthomas8176]

Love the update ... and upgrade to your bus..

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank bud!

[@terryskipper1437]

Hi like watching your videos, did you by chance do the Royal Windsor Horse show as thought I was your bus on tv. Also as a child my grandad was the engineer for a bus company, using vehicles similar to the Routmasters, say back in the 70s and the bodywork was hand painted from top to bottom, his father sign wrote the company details on each vehicle but transfers became the way to go..... With 2 costs of hand applied varnish.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Hi Terry, we have done the Windsor Show in the past but not this year. Wow, sounds like you have the whole team in your family to do a restoration, how very handy! Thanks for watching.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

I had to comment early in the video with regard to the free drinks Most people don’t drink much until the words free drinks are involved Good to see your off and racing again pete 😍😍👍👍 40 minutes don’t know how I lasted this long , I usually only watch short videos Cream stripe just right and you can use the lacquer thinners to clean up and thin the paint to make it flow on a bit better Can’t wait for the next one maybe in a couple of weeks 😂😂

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yes, I’m going to thin it down a tad for the second round. Good advice, thanks. New episode coming soon

[@mikedowland9949]

Hello old bean, welcome back. Vespa is looking great👍🏻 love seeing the bus at events too👌🏻 I always use a squeegee when vinyl wrapping and window tinting, works a treat for getting rid of air bubbles. Keep up the good work

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Good advice 👍👍

[@elisabethagersten5565]

Good to see you again, I've been waiting patiently, I love your show.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you!

[@davidhulls7959]

I hope that you wound the fitted blinds round so that they displayed the all white or dayglo yellow blank display through which the vinyls could be backlight by destination box lights. the story about the dislodged battery is worrying on safety grounds so get your batteries properly secured. MOT failure and instant PG9 if VOSA carried out a roadside inspection. after all, you don't want VOSA to slap an immediate prohibition on the bus as you are enroute to a client's event.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

You've clearly never gone over a speed hump at the excel... hahaha!

[@howardhauenschild6464]

Love the ink,Hope HE MAN is OK.Well done love your work.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@raymondhunt6109]

Enjoyed the video, you did a great job with the cream strip, love Routemasters.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@davidbassett4577]

Another great Video Pete; love the little Vespa. The cream Relief Band does look good (even though it needs a 2nd coat) & those original Indicator ears will make it look even better. Glad BaRML2355 has been busy through the summer too! Look forward to your next video. If you are not working on Sunday 2nd October; then you are most welcome (don’t expect you to bring a bus though) to pop over to Chesham for the Amersham & District Motorbus Society’s Annual Running Day .. come and have a ride on some Green RML’s, RT’s, RF’s & GS’s.. as well as a few Red ones on routes out into the beautiful Chiltern Hills

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I’ll bare that In mind, thanks for the invite

[@MonkeyMagic-]

Your videos are ace! Would be great to see the restoration on the Vespa and any other projects too.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you very much

[@coover65]

£1.97 for diesel??? That's insane. We're paying $2.05 Australia a litre, or £1.20. That's bad enough. We're used to paying the equivalent of about £0.77p/ litre for petrol and diesel. Very entertaining video Pete!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yes, luckily the fuel is charged to the client but it is a bit of a rip off.. Thanks or watching.

[@SharpblueCreative]

Wonder if using those out door led displays might work. Like the ones advertising boards sometimes use. Could be programmed to display anything you want. Not sure when on the move you’d be allowed though - unless it’s static.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Good suggestion! Thanks for watching

[@jameshatfield1194]

love Vespa's

[@PeteAndHisBus]

That make 2 of us then!

[@chrisblay]

Why not use the rear of bus for advertising. It looks ok, although something tells me the panel’s above and below rear number plate should be white as well. Maybe it’s me, only it looks imbalanced. Good to see your busy with lots of events.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yes I did think the same. I might change that at a later date 👍👍

[@marcogiuseppedegaetano]

Una cosa è certa Pete dalla Sicilia devo venire a Londra e voglio vedere il Bus da vicino e ci devo salire a costo che ti pago, ci sono ormai dopo tanti bellissimi video affezionato. Al prossimo bellissimo video 😁

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching!

[@martinlouden9005]

I noticed you were using both hands to paint the relief stripe. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous! It looks great by the way.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Well spotted, I am am ambidextrous painter. My mother is fully ambidextrous, it runs in the family.

[@MrButtonpresser]

A really great episode, thanks for that. £35k through the bar, my goodness.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I know right…. 👍👍👍

[@alexmacdonald4270]

Amazing as always, keep it up please.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks, will do!

[@michaelmorgan9308]

good video pete i alway look forward to watch your videos

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@michaelmorgan9308]

@@PeteAndHisBus your welcome

[@alansimpson513]

Well I'm still watching Pete. Terrific video, lots of great content and variety! Hopefully Compo hasn't managed to scratch off his new sticker. If he has you could always try fitting him with a Collar of Shame, like a dog. Wouldn't like that methinks.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Haha good idea!

[@Popeyes66]

Nice one Pete

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks 👍

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi Pete, the bus is looking grea, you have done a great job with the bus, I think you should leave the rivets as they are, as for the Vespa, my mum had one many years ago, and I thought it wzs a pig to ride, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks, when they’re not set up correctly they can be terrible

[@OdykKayne]

Hey, my day just got better! Great video as always Pete! Love that old Vespa as well....wish they were more common here in Nova Scotia as I'd love to get my motorbike license and have one as a fun little project :) RML2355 looking gorgeous as always! :D

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it

[@slickmouse]

The KZbin sticker should be on the opposite side like an arrow telling people to pass on the offside

[@PeteAndHisBus]

haha

[@angusfognozzle7711]

Good episode- did you best with the wrap- but result still looked like the back end of a bus (grinning emoji)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

haha I'm glad it does, be pretty bad if it looked like something ells...

[@ianwiggins8782]

Pete and his bus that looks smart what you’ve done on the back of that you’ve done a good job at that good advertisement that is good You wanna put do run the numberplate as well do it all advertisement in the back

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching

[@itsmephil2255]

Ahhhhhh a fix of P.A.H.B...... Happy Phil 👌

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Hahah thanks mate

[@itsmephil2255]

@@PeteAndHisBus was going to order a T-shirt but you only goto XXL 😢

[@PeteAndHisBus]

@@itsmephil2255 That's sadly the largest size they do in this type of shirt

[@itsmephil2255]

@@PeteAndHisBus it's ok....I understand 😭

[@brettsrawley7867]

Whoa dude best episode yet! Love that vespa great idea for advertising (don't buses use the back for this anyway?). Could we have a tour inside the cab In one episode? Good to see how the bus works in an event setting. If you need a hand at a gig give me a shout, looks a lot of fun!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks mate, good to know

[@sauce3memes832]

At least the stickers came off okay i have to do the reflective tape on the back of hgvs and it doesn’t always come off in one piece 😂

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@robpassfield1035]

I went to school in Ingatestone!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Was a cute little place and we had a good time!

[@bobingram6912]

Good to see that business is back on track, was a bit worried at first when I saw you down to two wheels🤣🤣 That cream stripe brings the old girl alive, love it👍👍👍 Here's to more bookings🍺

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yes, amazing how much difference it makes ay? Thanks for watching!

[@malcolmgibson6288]

Pete and his paint.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

😂😂

[@nobby4528]

Pete..great job.. But please demask whole bue before tape removal is a massuve clean up! Glue will become damp and tape will not come off.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching