COSTLY MISTAKE
I bought Man Utd star Marcus Rashford’s wrecked Rolls-Royce for £184k – now I’ve had to buy a SECOND motor to fix it
Mat and his team drove the luxury motor back to their shop without knowing if the parts were the same as Rashford's
A CAR expert who bought Manchester United star Marcus Rashford's totalled Rolls-Royce for £184,000 has had to fork out for a SECOND car to fix it.
Mat Armstrong is bringing the football pro's £700,000 Mansory Black Badge Wraith back to life after it was smashed up in a collision with Rashford behind the wheel.
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The motor whizz snapped up the luxury wheels for an eye-watering £184,000 at auction - and quickly racked up millions of views on social media.
Now Mat faces the incredible feat of restoring the car, which has serious damage to its left side and less than 1,000 miles on the clock.
In a bid to cut down on costs, he bagged another Rolls-Royce to use for parts.
In a on his YouTube channel, @MatArmstrongMK2, the expert said: "This is going to be the sacrifice car, it's a massive risk because she was £97,000 and she's going towards building this which we think will be worth £500,000.
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"It goes against everything I've ever done, taking a good car off the road.
"I think it was in our best interest though, I would have regretted not doing it."
Little bit dirty, little bit worse for wear but we're going to clean it up and hopefully use a lot of it with the parts that aren't broken in Rashford's, and make a good one out of two.
Mat Armstrong
Mat and his team drove the luxury motor back to their shop without even knowing if the parts were the same as Rashford's.
The new car, affectionately nicknamed Sue, will be vital in getting 'Margaret Mansory' back on the road.
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With the help of Mat's mechanic dad, they popped off the wheels, removed the exhaust pipe and stripped away the sub-frame.
They took a hit after discovering the whole of Sue's left wing was actually made of steel rather than carbon fibre - meaning they will have to fork out extra thousands for a Mansory wing.
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After removing the front subframe, Mat said: "Little bit dirty, little bit worse for wear but we're going to clean it up and hopefully use a lot of it with the parts that aren't broken in Rashford's, and make a good one out of two."
It comes as the Manchester United star himself is lending a helping hand in the restoration.
The football star's team reached out and gave Mat a secret code to start the car, as well as a spare key.
BIG HELP
A message from Rashford's team said: "Hi, I deal with all of the cars from Marcus, I believe we still have a few bits from the car you might need.
"We might have the v5 spare key and a couple more bits from when the car got recovered.
"We also have the ghost code and tracker information if you want us to get them to you?"
Mat revealed the help saved him a massive chunk of cash.
He was also gifted a car cover worth £590, floor mats worth £1,300, a grill surround worth £4,200, a boot mat worth £680 as well as a wheel cap worth £110.
Mat added: "I want to say thanks to Rashford's team for giving us all of this because they didn't have to.
"It saved us so much money."
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The car restoration genius is planning on raffling a signed part of the vehicle with the hope that Rashford will sign it.
He then wishes to donate the £1 entry fees to the FareShare foodbank charity.
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