Via the Independent:
Sir Paul McCartney’s restored double-decker 1972 Wings tour bus will take a final trip round London before being sold at auction in the US where it is estimated it will fetch between 200,000 and 300,000 US dollars (£163,000 to £245,000).
The WNO 481 double-decker was used by Linda McCartney and Sir Paul as their primary tour bus in 1972 when they were in the band Paul McCartney And Wings, also known as Wings.
Members of the public have the opportunity to win a ride on the bus on October 17, hosted by The Beatles secretary Freda Kelly, before the vehicle is sold at Hard Rock Cafe Nashville in an auction taking place between November 16 and 18.
The bus is painted with psychedelic artwork, designed after The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine album cover, and was originally fitted out with a children’s playpen and bean bags on the open top deck.
The vehicle was discovered in Spain in a state of decay and after years of renovation, the transformation was finally completed in 2022 by a workshop in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex.
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