Mat Armstrong videos

[Justin Passing]

Does anyone watch this guy's rebuilds? He buys smashed up supercars and gets them driving again with parts from various and sometimes dubious sources.

You have to admire his tenacity and resourcefulness. He's made millions, with a large part of that coming from his 7.32m Youtube subscribers. They can be entertaining when you cba to do something more than watch telly but there's nothing on.
He's not the most technically educated fellow, so some of his methods are pretty dodgy. He has fights with a couple of car manufactures who refuse to sell him ANY parts.
It all started with mending his girlfriend's insurance write-off on the drive. His motto is Hard Work Beats Talent.

 

[jj4091]

Watch a few on F/B reels. I rather got the impression his dad wasn't short of a bob or two to start with and supported him, but might be wrong.
I get the impression that the suppliers he is fighting won't supply parts to any unauhorised person not just him. Do you know if he ever got a windscreen for that American guy's Bugatti. Still haven't seen a vid of if it's finished or not.

 

[Belle427]

There are quite a few of these on you tube, although I am a car guy they don't interest me one bit.
Found him the worst of the lot tbh, just can't watch him.
Admire what they do though, the other chap is more watchable from saving salvage.

 

[HERTS P&D]

He releases videos every Sunday evening at 6pm.

Andy

 

[Justin Passing]

MA is a bit samey after the first, say, 4...

I used to enjoy Wheeler Dealers cos those were my era with tall Ed(d).
One which piqued my interest particularly was a Fiat Panda 4x4 for Green-Laning. Cost buttons, and it looked easy to work on.
My body's too messed up now.. Anyone got anything like that?

(Watching Saving Salvage AudiQ5 - really slow going)

The last thing I remember annoying me on MA's channel was his bloke welding an Aluminium casting. Many ally alloys like Dural, you musn't weld because it mucks up the microstructure around the weld. I doubt anyone told him the alloy used.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Yes the early era Wheeler Dealers with Ed were pretty watchable, can't stand any of the mechanics since then and Mike is a Tosser.

Cutting Edge Engineering is great channel if you're into that kind of thing https://youtube.com/@cuttingedgeengineering?si=9ILLKxb9tcPv8-Xa

 

[jj4091]

MA is a bit samey after the first, say, 4...

I used to enjoy Wheeler Dealers cos those were my era with tall Ed(d).
One which piqued my interest particularly was a Fiat Panda 4x4 for Green-Laning. Cost buttons, and it looked easy to work on.
My body's too messed up now.. Anyone got anything like that?

(Watching Saving Salvage AudiQ5 - really slow going)

The last thing I remember annoying me on MA's channel was his bloke welding an Aluminium casting. Many ally alloys like Dural, you musn't weld because it mucks up the microstructure around the weld. I doubt anyone told him the alloy used.

Saw a reel yesterday with Ed China repairing an EV battery.

 

[stevie888]

Yes the early era Wheeler Dealers with Ed were pretty watchable, can't stand any of the mechanics since then and Mike is a Tosser.

Cutting Edge Engineering is great channel if you're into that kind of thing https://youtube.com/@cuttingedgeengineering?si=9ILLKxb9tcPv8-Xa

Totally agree about WD.

Kurt from CEE is an amazingly talented guy and Karen's video work is very high standard, I love the Aussie "can do" attitude..

If you like this kind of stuff though the Pakistani Mechanics are hard to beat: what those guys do with just a beat up old lathe is unbelievable.

 

[Avocet]

Does anyone watch this guy's rebuilds? He buys smashed up supercars and gets them driving again with parts from various and sometimes dubious sources.

You have to admire his tenacity and resourcefulness. He's made millions, with a large part of that coming from his 7.32m Youtube subscribers. They can be entertaining when you cba to do something more than watch telly but there's nothing on.
He's not the most technically educated fellow, so some of his methods are pretty dodgy. He has fights with a couple of car manufactures who refuse to sell him ANY parts.
It all started with mending his girlfriend's insurance write-off on the drive. His motto is Hard Work Beats Talent.

I've watched a couple, and quite liked them. Not because I'll ever have a supercar, but because I do like old cars and I hear a lot of "well you can't restore '80s and '90s classics because everything is injection moulded and the tooling costs a fortune and you can't make things by hand..."etc. I think we need more like him, willing to play the strengths of new developments and techniques, rather than the naysayers.