I am Mat Armstrong from Leicester UK. Follow me as i build & modify cars. I dont really specialise in any manufacture of car, neither am i professionally trained, just a regular guy winging it as i go along restoring each car with my own personal touch (even if that means getting the angle grinder out) I hope my content brings a smile to your face and maybe inspires you to get on the spanners yourself. There would be no point in me listing what car i own at the moment as i switch and change so often, but you are likely to see Audi's, Mercedes, VW, Maserati's, Bentleys & more. I do like German engineering but im not scared to give the others a try 😆 At the end of the day im here for a good time & never take things too seriously so enjoy!! Mat Armstrong ⬇️ Im always active on my other social accounts aswell which are below ⬇️
Mat Armstrong takes on a repossessed Bugatti Veyron that the factory refuses to touch, uncovering the engineering flaws behind a supposedly 'broken' gearbox. Through a mix of cross-referencing Audi parts and daring DIY fixes, he attempts to bypass a $20,000 service bill, but a haunting electronic glitch threatens to melt the whole system down.
When Bugatti refused to sell parts for a crashed Chiron, the project turned into a high-stakes fabrication war. This deep dive explores how the team used Audi A3 airbags, Honda Civic radiator cores, and custom laser-etched leather to prove that even a multi-million dollar hypercar can be rebuilt in a garage.
The Bugatti Chiron is an engineering marvel designed to be unfixable outside a factory setting, yet we’ve just successfully mated a severed chassis in a standard garage. From welding structural aluminum engine mounts to discovering that a 1,500-hp hypercar shares parts with a common diesel sedan, the path to the first startup was paved with titanium bolts and high-stakes risks. One wrong torque spec almost ended the build, but the roar of the W16 proves that precision beats manufacturer gatekeeping every time.
The Ferrari 458 Spider is back from the dead, but the road to redemption is paved with radiator leaks and aftermarket nightmares. While we managed to fit the panels and a screaming Valvetronic exhaust, a high-speed shakedown at the Top Gear test track revealed a digital ghost that nearly sent the former Stig off the tarmac.
What happens when you take the world's cheapest, crashed Ferrari 458 and try to rebuild it in a week? From bypassing dead safety switches to the surgical precision required for aluminum TIG welding, this is a deep dive into the brutal realities of supercar restoration. You'll see why standard repair rules don't apply when you're dealing with carbon-ceramic breaks and a chassis that's designed to fold like origami.