After returning to service and changing owner a number of times, it was subsequently repainted as it was during the tour and put on display outside a rock café in Tenerife in the mid-late 1990s, ending up in a garden for many years before being transported back to the UK in 2017 for restoration and sale.

It was built in 1953, originally had a closed upper deck and DVLA records show that it was first registered with Essex County Council in Chelmsford in November 1953.

[2] The bus entered service with Eastern National Omnibus Company in Chelmsford, and was painted plain green.

[1] In this form it was primarily used by Eastern National for regular service routes in seaside areas during the summer months.

The bus was utilised on the 248 route serving Felixstowe town and port in the summer and was mothballed at Great Yarmouth during the winter, although it was also available for hire, as it was with Eastern National.

[4] It was sold to a local dealer in Norfolk in July 1971 and was then bought in December by Halls Coaches, painted red and grey, and used under the brand "Valliant Silverline" up until June 1972.

[10] The downstairs was carpeted, with four original seats at the front, bunk beds for the kids,[8] a fully-functioning kitchen in the rear[11] and there was a stereo.

Contrary to some recollections and beliefs,[16] the paint work and renovations were applied at the Halls/Silverline depot in Cowley Road, Uxbridge, where the bus was stationed at the time by its owners, and was leased, not owned, by McCartney.

[8] The bus had a top speed of 38 miles per hour (61 km/h),[20] making it, in the view of author Howard Sounes, "no doubt huge fun ... [but] a slow and inefficient way to navigate the continent.

"[10] Wings member Seiwell later recalled cars zipping by them on European motorways and said of the bus, "It was quite nice, but it didn't make a lot of sense.

Halls Coaches and all associated businesses were bought by Tricentrol around August 1973[21] and the bus was painted mustard gold and moved to Dunstable.

Moving the bus to Oxfordshire in the UK took eight years, partly due to the difficulty in removing it from the garden, which required the use of cranes.

[35] The bus was initially passed to David Hoare of Chepstow Classic Motors to work on[36] before being completed by Bradley Earl of Simon Morris Thorpe Ltd of Thorpe-le-Soken in Essex.

After initially asking £175,000, the price was reduced to £125,000 [41][42] to accommodate a potential buyer who wished to part exchange a 2015 Aston Martin, at the time worth about £50,000.